| Object Number | 29-191-243 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Paper |
| Inscription Language | Japanese Language |
| Description | A pack of playing cards known as Uta-garuta 歌ガルタ “Poetry playing cards” . This pack is specifically called "Hyakunin Isshu karuta" and is based on the Hyakunin Isshu 百人一首 (One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each), a collection of 100 famous poems by 100 famous poets. There are two sets of cards in the pack the yomifuda "reading cards" with the poet pictured and a complete poem and the torifuda "grabbing cards" with the last few phrases of each poem. |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
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