Karuta

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Card from the Obake Karuta card deck (monster cards), early 19th century. Each card shows a creature from Japanese mythology and a letter from the Hiragana syllabary.

Karuta ( Japanese か る た ), which is derived as Gairaigo from the Portuguese word carta ("card"), is a Japanese card game .

Karuta is usually played around the New Year. The cards are slightly thicker than the cards in European card games. Similar to the rummy cards common in Europe , karuta can be played in different variations. It is also possible to play the game with two decks of European playing cards . In elementary and middle schools, karuta is often played by children during school hours for educational purposes.

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The basic idea of ​​the game is to choose the right one from a number of cards as quickly as possible and then pick it up faster than the opponent. There are a variety of different types of cards that can be used to play karuta.

There are two different types of cards in karuta: the Yomifuda ( 読 札 , German “reading cards”) and the Torifuda ( 取 り 札 , German “gripping cards”). As indicated by the names, the player must use the Yomifuda to decide which associated Torifuda he must pick up before another player can do this.

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  • Jōmō Karuta ( 上 毛 か る た )
  • Uta-Garuta ( 歌 ガ ル タ , German "poem cards")
  • Hanafuda ( 花 札 , German "flower cards")
  • Iroha -Garuta ( い ろ は が る た )
  • Obake -Karuta (German "Monster Cards")

The two most common types of karuta are the Uta-Garuta and the Iroha-Garuta . In Uta-Garuta , players try to determine the last two lines of a tanka using three given lines . It is often already possible to identify a poem based on the first or the first two syllables. The poems for this variant come from the Hyakunin Isshu and are traditionally played at New Year. The second variant, Iroha-Garuta, can be played by anyone who can read hiragana . In this variant of the game, a typical Torifuda shows a drawing with a kana in any corner of the card. The corresponding Yomifuda shows a proverb whose first syllable is like the kana on the torifuda .

Karuta in manga, anime and film

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