Japanese Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Traditional Poem Card Game Vtg Paper Blue JK750 light yellow Utamaro: Three beauties

Utamaro: Three beauties

Design: port town

Pale green and pink color

Legs: Cut out in the shape of a tree and colored red

The piece is placed between the strings and the body of the shamisen

Japanese Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Traditional Poem Card Game Vtg Paper Blue JK750 light yellow Utamaro: Three beautiesVtg Japanese Hyakunin Isshu Card Game This is a vintage Japanese karuta card game called Hyakunin Isshu. The cards are made out of a strong paper cardstock and are blue on the backs. It comes with game instructions and recitation guide. 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