Here’s a review for any English speakers thinking of buying Hyakunin Isshu karuta cards. Yes, these are the very ones they use in Chihayafuru. They’ve got the same green paper with the leaves stamped on the back just like the ones you’ve seen flying around in the manga and anime. Very authentic. The option here is to buy two boxes together. One box contains the Reading Cards, with each card having the full tanka, its number, the name of the poet and a drawing of the poet in bright colours. The other box contains the Playing Cards, with each card having the bottom verse of the tanka printed in hiragana in a grid format, and the number of the tanka. The boxes have identical pictures printed on the outside, so if you want to get an extra box of one or only want one type, be careful. The only difference between the two boxes is the label situated in the bottom left on the top of the box. The Reading Cards have an orange label, while the Playing Cards have a white label.
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