The man wearing a straw boater played a picture-card show on the street in Asakusa

Man playing picture-card show
Shot in the city of Asakusa, Tokyo
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The man wearing glasses and a cap played KAMISHIBAI, literally 'paper drama'. It is a form of storytelling that originated in Japanese Buddhist temples in the 12th century, where monks used picture scrolls to convey stories with moral lessons to a mostly illiterate audience. He had wooden sticks in his hands and hit them to attract the attention.

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Jul 2011 PEOPLE TOKYO

PHOTO DATA

No

5595

Shooting Date

May 2011

Posted On

July 24, 2011

Modified On

December 12, 2023

Place

Asakusa, Tokyo

Genre

Portrait Photography

Camera

OLYMPUS PEN E-P2

Lens

M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 14-42MM

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