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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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cards card game playing century e-awase portuguese japanese lit iroha obake ja edo kabufuda hanafuda used games one period japan
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karuta | Named variant | Komatsufuda | 1.00 | infobox |
| Karuta | Named variant | Unsun karuta | 1.00 | infobox |
| Karuta | Named variant | Kabufuda | 1.00 | infobox |
| Karuta | Named variant | Harifuda and Hikifuda | 1.00 | infobox |
| Karuta | Named variant | Hanafuda | 1.00 | infobox |
| Karuta | Named variant | Uta-garuta | 1.00 | infobox |
| Karuta | Named variant | Ita-karuta | 1.00 | infobox |
| Karuta | Named variant | Iroha karuta | 1.00 | infobox |
| Karuta | Named variant | Obake karuta | 1.00 | infobox |
| Karuta | Origin | Portuguese-suited cards | 1.00 | infobox |
| Karuta | Origin | E-awase | 1.00 | infobox |
| Karuta | is a | obsolete variation of Iroha karuta unique to Tokyo | 0.90 | text |
| Karuta | is a | early example of the common Japanese fascination with classifying monsters and creating new ones | 0.90 | text |
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