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HELLO! こんにちは！

I am Kayla Kolean (コリン先生).

I am here to give you some background on the Japanese game known as KARUTA.

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What is Karuta ?

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かるた は なん

ですか？

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Clam Shells

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Portuguese Sailors

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Karuta

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Tokugawa period (mid 1500s)

Portuguese sailors brought European playing cards (carta).

Kai-Awase (Shell matching) game played by wealthy people in Japan. Collect matching images or petry handwritten on the inside of shells.

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Edo period (1600-1868)

Japan combined the images and poetry on the shells with the paper playing cards. First karuta cards were hand painted, but later were mass produced, sometimes in secret as the government frowned on gaming and gambling.

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Heian period (794-1185)

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Types of Karuta Today

HYAKUNIN ISSHU

Cards pairs feature collection of poems from male and female poets from 7th-13th century

IROHA-GARUTA

Card pairs feature Japanese proverbs and image with hiragana

Others

Pairs of cards that fit a theme:

Japanese Prefectures

Famous People

Shakespeare quotes

Yokai (Japanese monsters)

Hiragana

Katakana

Etc.

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Playing Karuta

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Reading Card Grabbing Card

Yomifuda Torifuda

よみふだ とりふだ

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How to play Karuta

  • Spread all the “grabbing cards” 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!

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You can play online too with the competitive Karuta app!

Android

iPhone

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Now it is your turn!

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れんしゅうしましょう！

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練習しましょう！

Today you will get to play karuta (either online or in person) to practice Japanese characters!

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Let’s enjoy practicing Japanese using this Japanese card game 😄

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Smartphone Karuta App for Hiragana & Karuta

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Android

iPhone

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