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Deck of 200 Hyakunin Isshu playing cards (karuta)

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Scope and Contents Dealer description (Hozuki Books): [Hyakunin Isshu karuta] [Creator unidentified]. [Japan, ca. Edo period (1750-1850s)?]. In manuscript. A complete set of two hundred Hyakunin Isshu playing cards (karuta). The Hyakunin Isshu card game (a form of uta-garuta ("poetry karuta")) is based on the anthology of one hundred waka poems by one hundred poets compiled by Fujiwara no Teika in the thirteenth century. In this set, each poet's name and the first part of their poem are inscribed on one of the...
Dates: 2024