Details

Subject(s)

• Bible. Luke. Japanese—Illustrations [Browse]
• Lost sheep (Parable)—Pictorial works [Browse]
• Lost coin (Parable)—Pictorial works [Browse]
• Prodigal son (Parable)—Pictorial works [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 kamishibai stories set in Japan, adapted from three parables of Luke 15 in the New Testament of the Bible.

Notes

• Title in translation: The prodigal son.
• Handwritten on cover: "Lost 1) sheep, 2) coin, 3) son"
• Handwritten by J. Karl Notehelfer on cover: "Verlorne Shaf 1-5; Groschen 6-8; Hoto Musuko = der Verlorne Sohn 9-19; Zwei Wege 20"
• Handwritten by J. Karl Notehelfer on lower-left corner of cover: "nach Jap Bräuchen" (according to Japanese Usage).
• Numbering of sequence on lower-right corner of each card, except cover.
• In translucent paper envelope.
• 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.

Contents

• The lost sheep
• The lost coin
• The prodigal son
• Two roads.

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Source acquisition

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

Other title(s)

Prodigal son

OCLC

900479807

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