Details

Subject(s)

• Children's allowances—Japan—Juvenile fiction [Browse]
• Savings bonds—Japan—Juvenile fiction [Browse]
• World War, 1939-1945—Japan—Participation, Juvenile—Juvenile fiction [Browse]
• World War, 1939-1945—War work—Japan—Juvenile fiction [Browse]

Editor

• Horiguchi, Tokusaburō [Browse]
• 堀口得三郎 [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Wordless picture books [Browse]
• Pop-up books [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• stories without words [Browse]

Series

• Kamishibai tōkī
• 紙芝居トーキー

Notes

• At head of title: Kyōiku gageki.
• At head of title: 教育画劇.
• Title in translation: One billion, one spirit, the children's savings corps.
• "Kōa rekōdo" and the company's trademark on front cover.
• "コーアレコード"--Cover.
• Shin'an tokkyo--stamped on back cover.
• "新案特許"--Stamped on back cover.
• This wordless, pop-up kamishibai book was accompanied by a voice recording (now missing). Unlike kamishibai cards, each panel is connected at the bottom and by a pop-up image, so it must be opened with care. The story centers on a group of children, saving money for the Japanese forces, under the slogan "ichioku isshin," meaning one billion, one spirit. A wealthy boy in town does not join their group but spends his money on toys for himself. When he falls ill, the children's savings corp visits his sick bed and offers him money for a speedy recovery. He is so moved by their generous spirit that he joins with them.
• Cut-out stand on back cover.
• Cotsen copy: Stamped on back cover--"Shin'an tokkyo."

Other title(s)

• Kodomo chokin butai
• 子供貯金部隊

Other editions

Ichioku isshin kodomo chokin butai. Tōkyō : Kōa Bunka Rokuon Kabushiki Kaisha, [between 1940 and 1945]

OCLC

1059273861

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