Bring the family to learn about the Japanese art of Kamishibai (kah-mee-shee-bye) with Dr. Tami Oggletree. The kamishibai man, an itinerant storyteller, was also a candy seller which is how he made his money. He would travel village to village on a bicycle that held a small stage. When he arrived in the village, he would use two wooden blocks (clappers) or hyoshigi (hyoh-shee-gee) to announce story time. The children who purchased candy from him would receive the best seats closest to the stage. After the audience was seated, the storyteller would tell several stories using sets of illustrated story boards. He would insert the boards into the stage and remove them one by one as the story was told while he acted out the story. Many of the stories were serials that ended with cliffhangers and were continued on each subsequent visit to the village. The cards were beautifully hand illustrated. A short version of each story was written on the back for the storyteller to read. Because he embellished the stories with details not on the cards, the kamishibai man had to be a good performer.