Details

Subject(s)

• Peter the Apostle, Saint—Pictorial works [Browse]
• Bible Acts 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 based on Acts 10-12 in the New Testament of the Bible.

Notes

• Title in translation: Peter the Disciple.
• Cover is a pastel drawing and the rest of 20 pictures in water colors.
• On back of picture no. 1: "Acts 10, Peter;" on back of picture no. 6: "Acts 12"
• Numbering of sequence on the back of each card, except cover.
• On brown paper envelope: Peter.
• Half-torn brown paper envelope is a reused mailing package originally sent from Emilie Nothhelfer in "West Germany" to "Rev. J. Karl Nothhelfer, 1934-1 Chome, Tamagawa Todoroki, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan" in the 1950s, according to addresses inside.
• 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 (3 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)

Peter the Disciple

OCLC

887883648

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