Japanese Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Card Game Vtg Paper Green W/ Wood Box PX742 Inuyama Japanese folding fan with silk

Japanese folding fan with silk case

Kanji on box: Shunkei Lacquerware from Hida (hida shunkei shikki)

Antique Japanese Sewing Book

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Japanese Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Card Game Vtg Paper Green W/ Wood Box PX742 Inuyama Japanese folding fan with silkVtg 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