Uta-garuta
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Uta-garuta is a type of a deck of karuta, Japanese traditional playing cards. A set of uta-garuta contains two sets of 100 cards, with a waka poem written on each. Uta-garuta is also the name of the g
A photograph of the game being played by a group of women, c. 1900
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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.
Uta-garuta
…also very important, having to know how to correctly space out the words and the seconds of the pause. In Japan there are national conventions for the competitive format of the game. The manga, anime series and live action movie Chihayafuru portrays the story of a group of young people who competitively play Hyakunin Isshu karuta…
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