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Karuta

Karuta (かるた; from Portuguese: carta 'card') are Japanese playing cards. Playing cards were introduced to Japan by Portuguese traders during the mid-16th century. The earliest indigenous karuta were made in the town of Miike in Chikugo Province at around the end of the 16th century. The Miike karuta Memorial Hall located in Ōmuta, Fukuoka, is the only…

Art, Portuguese-derived karuta & E-awase karuta

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Portuguese-derived karuta

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E-awase karuta

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16th century Portuguese playing cards (Nanban karuta)

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Named variant
Komatsufuda · Unsun karuta · Kabufuda · Harifuda and Hikifuda · Hanafuda
Origin
Portuguese-suited cards · E-awase

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16th century Portuguese playing cards (Nanban karuta)

Portuguese-derived karuta

E-awase karuta

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Karuta

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Edges84
Triples128
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023529
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Karuta

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related to Unsun karuta · 21
Karuta → Ganjifa, Guritipau, Guru, Hitoyoshi, Inverted, It, Khanhoo, Kumamoto, Madiao, Maw, Ombre, Six, Sun, Tarot, The, The Portuguese, The Unsun, This, Tổ, Un
related to Uta-garuta · 18
Karuta → As, Bouzu Mekuri, Color Crowns, Competitive, Goita, In, Iro Kammuri, January, Japan, Meiji, New Year's Day, Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, Omi, One, Shiga, Shinto, This, Uta-garuta
related to Iroha karuta · 14
Karuta → Each, Edo, Instead, Iroha, It, Its, Japan, Kamigata, Kyoto, Owari, The Kamigata, The Owari, There, Uta-garuta
related to Tenshō karuta · 12
Karuta → As, In, Japan's, Japanese, Japanese-made, Miike, Portuguese, Sakoku, Tenshō, The, They, Tokugawa
related to Harifuda and Hikifuda · 10
Karuta → Bean, Chinese, Drawn, Harifuda, Hikifuda, In Tehonbiki, Mamefuda, Some, Tehonbiki, The
Named variant · 9
Karuta → Hanafuda, Harifuda and Hikifuda, Iroha karuta, Ita-karuta, Kabufuda, Komatsufuda, Obake karuta, Unsun karuta, Uta-garuta
related to 16th century Portuguese playing cards (Nanban karuta) · 9
Karuta → Japan, Japanese, Japanese-made, Latin, Portuguese, Portuguese-suited, The Portuguese, These, They
related to External links · 9
Karuta → An, Andy's Playing Cards, Card GamesEdo Karuta Research, Center, E-awase, Japanese, Japanese Traditional Games, Portuguese, Portuguese-derived
related to Mekuri karuta and komatsufuda · 8
Karuta → By, Fukui, In, Kakkuri, Komatsufuda, Poch, Portuguese-derived, Yafune
related to Kabufuda · 5
Karuta → It, Kabufuda, Oicho-Kabu, There, They

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cards card game playing century e-awase portuguese japanese lit iroha obake ja edo kabufuda hanafuda used games one period japan

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
KarutaNamed variantKomatsufuda1.00infobox
KarutaNamed variantUnsun karuta1.00infobox
KarutaNamed variantKabufuda1.00infobox
KarutaNamed variantHarifuda and Hikifuda1.00infobox
KarutaNamed variantHanafuda1.00infobox
KarutaNamed variantUta-garuta1.00infobox
KarutaNamed variantIta-karuta1.00infobox
KarutaNamed variantIroha karuta1.00infobox
KarutaNamed variantObake karuta1.00infobox
KarutaOriginPortuguese-suited cards1.00infobox
KarutaOriginE-awase1.00infobox
Karutais aobsolete variation of Iroha karuta unique to Tokyo0.90text
Karutais aearly example of the common Japanese fascination with classifying monsters and creating new ones0.90text

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