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Iroha Karuta (Japanese Edition)

By: Miscellaneous (Unidentifiable Publisher)

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: Card Games and Accessories (Unidentifiable Publisher)


Product Info

Title
Iroha Karuta (Japanese Edition)
Category
Dimensions
5x7x1"
NKG Part #
2148137595
Type
Boxed Game

Description

Iroha Karuta is a matching game from Japan, mostly played by children for education.

This set contains woodblock print by artist Hideo Hagiwara.

The standard way to play requires a reader or caller and two or more players. In any karuta deck there are two types of cards: yomifuda reading cards with written information on them and torifuda grabbing cards with pictures and/or written language on them. Each yomifuda has a corresponding torifuda.

Spread all the torifuda face up on a flat surface between the players.
The reader randomly draws a yomifuda from the deck and reads it aloud.
Players race each other to determine which torifuda corresponds to the yomifuda clue and then to touch/grab/claim the correct card first.
Repeat steps two and three until no cards remain.
Whichever player has the most cards wins!
This is a Japanese-Language item and includes no English components unless noted in the condition note.