Where does “紙芝居” come from?

紙芝居 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 紙, from Middle Chinese 紙.

紙芝居 (Japanese): "kamishibai": story told by revealing, one after...

Definitions

  1. "kamishibai": story told by revealing, one after...

Ancestry of “紙芝居”, step by step

紙芝居 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 紙

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese紙paper
2Middle Chinese紙—

via Japanese 芝居

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese芝居play, theatrical performance

Words derived from “紙芝居”

Every word from Middle Chinese 紙 →Every word from Japanese 紙 →