Tabletop games
Uta-garuta
Uta-garuta is a tabletop game.
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The box
- Also known as
- hyakunin isshu karuta · karuta · jeu de cartes dit "des Cent poèmes"
About the game
Uta-garuta (歌ガルタ; lit. "Poetry Karuta") 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 game in which the deck is used. The standard collection of poems used is the Hyakunin Isshu, chosen by poet Fujiwara no Teika in the Kamakura period, which is often also used as the name of the game.
Since early 20th century the game is played mostly on Japanese New Year holidays.Information from Marquoir’s game database, which cross-checks several open sources. Spotted a mistake? Write to us from the Contact page.