About this artwork
This scene is a wealthy home in Edo. To the left, four young men play a game of cards called karuta, which is still popular in modern Japan. It is played with two decks of one hundred cards each. In one version, the one hundred poet cards, each bearing a portrait of a poet, are spread out before the players. A moderator holds the poem cards and selects a line or phrase from a poem. Players must try to be the first to recognize the author and pick up the face card. The game winner holds the most poet cards at the end.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of Asia
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Artist
- Utagawa Toyokuni I
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Title
- The Card Game
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Place
- Japan (Artist's nationality)
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Date
- 1785–1795
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Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban triptych
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Dimensions
- 37 × 74.3 cm (14 5/8 × 29 5/16 in.); Left sheet: 37 × 25.3 cm (14 5/8 × 10 in.); Center sheet: 37.1 × 25.2 cm (14 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.); Right sheet: 37 × 25.2 cm (14 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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Reference Number
- 1925.2272
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/21515/manifest.json
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