Japanese Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Card Game Vtg Paper Green W/ Wood Box PX742 Inuyama Packed weight: 174 grams

Packed weight: 174 grams

Outside design

Antique Japanese Sewing Book

Stains outside

Waterfall painting on its body

Japanese Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Card Game Vtg Paper Green W/ Wood Box PX742 Inuyama Packed weight: 174 gramsVtg Japanese Hyakunin Isshu Card Game W Wooden Box This is a vintage Japanese karuta card game called Hyakunin Isshu. This complete set comes in a wooden storage box tied with a flat green cord. 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 garuta, which uses a deck composed of cards