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| Item No | #38251 |
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| Material | hardcover |
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| Price | $59.00 |
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| Weight | 1.45kg |
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| | 22cm 8 3/4" | | | 4cm 1 1/2" | | | 32cm 12 1/2" |
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-Description-
Title Iroha Karuta
Publication Year 1970
Author Seigo Morita
Publisher Gyosei
This book introduces many kinds of vintage Iroha Karuta,which are Japanese traditional and unique toy,and detailed explanation are given on each page.Original retail price is approx $90.Thick book.
Karuta (,Karuta, loaned from the Portuguese word meaning "card" (carta)) is a Japanese card game.
Card from the Japanese game obake karuta (monster cards), c. early 19th century. Each card features a monster from Japanese mythology and a character from the hiragana syllabary.The basic idea of any karuta game is to be able to quickly determine which card out of an array of cards is required and then to grab the card before it is grabbed by an opponent. There are various types of cards which can be used to play karuta. It is also possible to play this game using two standard decks of playing cards.
There are two kinds of cards used in karuta. One kind is yomifuda or "reading cards", and the other is torifuda or "grabbing cards." As they were denoted, the words in the yomifuda are read and players will have to find its associated torifuda before anybody else does.
The two types of karuta cards that are most often seen are the "uta-garuta" and "iroha-garuta".
In "uta-garuta", players try to find the last two lines of a tanka given the first three lines. It is often possible to identify a poem by its first one or two syllables. The poems for this game are taken from the Hyakunin Isshu and are traditionally played on New Year's Day.
Anyone who can read hiragana can play "iroha-garuta" . In this type, a typical torifuda features a drawing with a kana at one corner of the card. Its corresponding yomifuda features a proverb connected to the picture with the first syllable being the kana displayed on the torifuda.
Karuta is often played by children at elementary school and junior high-school level during class, as an educational exercise. Although several kinds of Karuta games are described below, in reality any kind of information that can be represented in card form can be used - including shapes, colours, words in English, small pictures and the like
This book has a lot of illustrations in it.Even if you don't understand Japanese,they will help you understand.
approx 210 pages.
If you are interested in Japanese Toy such as Karuta,it is a great collection for you!
-Condition-
Slight yelwing and wears on the cover and pages and folded line on the cover because of use.It is very good condition overall.
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