Competitive karuta
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Competitive karuta is an official Japanese card game that uses a deck of uta-garuta cards to play karuta, within the format and rules set by the All Japan Karuta Association.
Exterior of Omi Shrine, where the national championship tournament is held every January
An example of a modern pair of uta-garuta cards, where the torifuda is on the left and the yomifuda is on the right
Ogura Hyakunin Isshu
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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 "; it can also refer to the card g
First poem card of the Hyakunin Isshu, featuring Emperor Tenji
Ogura shikishi by Teika
An Edo-period illustrated Hyakunin Isshu book, with Priest Kisen and Ono no Komachi