Karuta (かるた, from Portuguese carta ["card"]) are Japanese playing cards. Playing cards were introduced to Japan by Portuguese traders during the mid-16th...
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Competitive karuta (競技かるた, Kyōgi karuta) is an official Japanese card game that uses a deck of uta-garuta cards to play karuta, within the format and rules...
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Karuta (カルタ金, karuta-gane) was a type of armour worn by samurai warriors and their retainers during the feudal era of Japan. The word karuta comes from...
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Uta-garuta (redirect from Uta karuta)
Uta-garuta (歌ガルタ, lit. "Poetry Karuta") is a type of a deck of karuta, Japanese traditional playing cards. A set of uta-garuta contains two sets of 100...
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Portuguese-suited playing cards (section Unsun Karuta)
French deck. Portuguese decks also started the development of karuta in Japan (karuta comes from Portuguese "carta") though most decks bear little resemblance...
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characters in Chihayafuru, a manga series, set in the world of competitive karuta, by Yuki Suetsugu whose story has been adapted into novels, animated series...
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their future selves. Unfortunately, this sudden peace is interrupted when Karuta Roromiya, Kagerō Shoukiin's SS, is attacked and heavily wounded by a fellow...
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a hotoke dō gusoku; a suit of armour that came with a karuta tatami dō would be called a karuta tatami dō gusoku. True kozane dō are of lamellar construction...
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Tatami (Japanese armour) (section Karuta tatami armour)
with karuta tatami dō and chochin kabuto Karuta tatami dō and karuta zukin (hood) Edo period samurai karuta tatami dō in the hara-ate style Karuta katabira...
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Mekuri took the place of Yomi. It became so popular that Yomi Karuta was renamed Mekuri Karuta. Mechanically, Mekuri is similar to Chinese fishing games....
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Daihinmin) Hanafuda Karuta Oicho-Kabu Two-ten-jack (Tsū-ten-jakku) - a Japanese trick-taking card game. Uta-garuta - a kind of karuta (another name: Hyakunin...
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very similar to the Japanese karuta tatami-do. The major difference is that kalantar are not sewn to a cloth backing as Karuta tatami-do are. According to...
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lingers on only in the Tarocco Siciliano and the Unsun Karuta and Komatsufuda of Japan. Unsun Karuta additionally has a fifth Guru suit (circular whirls)...
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Chihaya Ayase, who is inspired by a new classmate to take up Hyakunin Isshu karuta competitively. An anime television series adaptation aired from October...
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childhood friend. Arata is a prodigious karuta player whose dream is to become Meijin, the men's division karuta champion in Japan, equivalent to the women's...
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karuta, square or rectangular armor plates, or kusari, chain armor, or a combination of these armors. Antique Japanese (samurai) Edo period karuta sashinuki...
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Batons (suit) (section Unsun karuta pattern)
mid-16th century which influenced the development of Karuta where the 48-card Komatsufuda, 75-card Unsun Karuta, and 40-card Kabufuda decks still maintain this...
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Coins (suit) (section Unsun karuta pattern)
century which influenced the development of Karuta where the 48-card Komatsufuda and 75-card Unsun Karuta decks still maintain this suit. The suit of...
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chōchin-kozō. They appear in the kusazōshi, omocha-e, and karuta card games like obake karuta starting from the Edo period to the early 20th century (and...
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Cups (suit) (section Unsun karuta pattern)
century which influenced the development of Karuta where the 48-card Komatsufuda and 75-card Unsun Karuta decks still maintain this suit. The gallery...
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Nintendo (redirect from Nintendo Karuta)
unincorporated establishment, to produce and distribute Japanese playing cards, or karuta (かるた, from Portuguese carta, 'card'), most notably hanafuda (花札, 'flower...
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(shell-matching) was converted to the new karuta format during the early 17th century to form E-awase karuta. The Japanese hanafuda pack contains 48 cards...
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Swords (suit) (section Unsun karuta pattern)
century which influenced the development of Karuta where the 48-card Komatsufuda and 75-card Unsun Karuta decks still maintain this suit. The gallery...
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Flower, Drama Teacher Scott Edgar – Principal Rogerson Mark Hamill – King Karuta, King Blackyard Edwin Kane – Leroy Kate McLennan – Charity, Anime Girls...
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under the assumed name Sanjome (三丈目). Fairy-Tale Card (メルへンカルタ, Meruen Karuta) The Fairy-Tale Card is a yōkai sealed within the Danmanra board game and...
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with no front crest holder Edo-period karuta zukin, an armored hood from with iron cards and mail Edo-period karuta tatami dō in the hara-ate style Edo-period...
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Chihaya Ayase, a girl who is inspired by a classmate to take up competitive karuta, with the dream of forming a club and reaching the national tournament....
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Jinhong-ui Seongheun) and in Japan as simply Magna Carta (マグナカルタ, Maguna Karuta) (a title later used in the PAL version) by Banpresto in 2004. It is the...
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Zankuro - Guest Star - (2002) Kyoto Meikyuu Annai 4 - Series Regular - (2002) Karuta Queen - Series Regular - (2003) Kyoto Meikyuu Annai 5 - Series Regular -...
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born 13 June 1991) is a Japanese author, competitive karuta player, and teacher. He is the karuta meijin for 2019 to 2021 after taking the title on 5 January...
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