Details

Subject(s)

• Zacchaeus (Biblical figure)—Pictorial works [Browse]
• Bible Luke Japanese—Illustrations [Browse]
• Kamishibai [Browse]
• Narrative painting, Japanese—20th century [Browse]

Annotator

• Notehelfer, F. G. [Browse]

Donor

• Notehelfer, F. G. [Browse]

Former owner

• Notehelfer, F. G. [Browse]
• Notehelfer, J. Karl [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Kamishibai plays [Browse]
• Pictures [Browse]

Summary note

Original artwork of a kamishibai story set in Japan, adapted from the story of Zacchaeus, a tax collector, in Luke 19 in the New Testament of the Bible.

Notes

• Title in translation: "Heaven and hell"
• Handwritten by J. Karl Notehelfer on upper-left corner of cover: Tenkoku to shikoku; Zachäus.
• Numbering of sequence on lower-right corner of each card, except cover.
• In translucent paper envelope, except for cover.
• Commissioned by Reverend J. Karl Notehelfer (1899-1983), a German missionary who was in Japan since the 1920s. Used in Japanese Sunday Schools or with children's audiences.

With

With: a printout (2 pages) of annotations provided by Fred G. Notehelfer in 2013.

Source acquisition

Gift; Fred G. Notehelfer, son of J. Karl Notehelfer; 20140407.

Other title(s)

• Heaven and hell
• Zachäus

OCLC

887883381

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