Karuta (かるた, from Portuguese carta ["card"]) are Japanese playing cards. Playing cards were introduced to Japan … See more

The first indigenous Japanese deck was the Tenshō karuta named after the Tenshō period (1573–92). It was a 48 card deck with the 10s missing like Portuguese-suited playing cards from that period. It kept the four Latin … See more

Uta-garuta (歌ガルタ, lit. "poetry karuta") is a card game in which 100 waka poems are written on two sets of 100 cards: one set is yomifuda (読札, lit. "reading cards"), which have the complete poem taken from the Ogura Hya… See more

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• Japanese playing cards of western origin: Portuguese-derived patterns.
• Andy's Playing Cards: Portuguese derived cards: An in-depth look at Portuguese-derived patterns.… See more