Image

Yuitsusai

Lacquered Box of Poem Cards, early to mid-1820s

Description

Maker

Title

Lacquered Box of Poem Cards

Year

early to mid-1820s

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Length: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 inches)

Place

Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.82

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Prints for the Japanese New Year

December 17, 2010 - April 17, 2011

Karuta, a matching card game, was a traditional New Year’s pastime.
Here, Yuitsusai depicted cards for the game derived from the poetry anthology Single Poems by One Hundred Poets, where players matched excerpts from the poems.

A Celebration of the New Year in Japanese Woodblock Prints

January 1 - March 1, 1990

Karuta, a card game which requires players to match correct poem cards (from the collection of poems, Ogura hyakunin isshu or "One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets") to the verse recited by the reader, is a traditional New Year's pastime. The print creates a visual dialogue between the cards representing verses by Emperor Koko and Lady Sei Shonagon and the verse printed in the upper left.

Use

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