Japanese Playing Cards Ogura Hyakunin Isshu
This is a vintage Japanese card game Hyakunin Isshu. Hyakunin Isshu is a classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets. Hyakunin isshu can be translated to "one hundred people, one poem [each]"; it can also refer to the card game of uta-garuta, which uses a deck composed of cards based on the Hyakunin Isshu.
- Japanese playing cards, Ogura Hyakunin Isshu
- Anthology of 100 poems selected in the Kamakura era(1185-1333)
- Poetry Karuta called Uta-garuta
- 2 types of cards:
- the whole of the poem and the poet's image and name
- the last part of the poem
- Cased in the matching paper box
- Kanji on the box: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, Yaezakura
- Paper
- Item weight: 954 grams
- Packed weight: 1200 grams
- C1980
- Approx. card: 7.5 cm long x 5.2 cm wide
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Good condition. Wear and tear due to age. Please see the photos carefully.
- Acquired from a friend's home in Gifu, Japan
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