Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

Kyoka Karuta Public Deposited

Resource type	Image
Creator	unknown
Description	96 miniature color mounted comic woodblock prints and 96 comic poems c. 1890 housed in 20th century box. Karuta, an ancient Japanese card game, invites the player to lay out the cards at random and then match text to image. In this scarce version of the game, the player matches a comical (or "mad") poem (called Kyoka) with its corresponding comical print. The box dimensions are 6 x 9 x 12.5 cm.
Rights statement	Copyright Not Evaluated
Language	jpn
Date created	1890?
Identifier	Finding Number: CGA.OBJ.4.001 Digital ID: d_17168
Repository	Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum

Format	image/tiff
Rights note	This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
Version	original art
Medium	print paper
Permanent link	https://hdl.handle.net/1811/0ad9494a-8400-4bc7-81d9-8c8e6223983c
Time period (Topic)	1890s (1890-1899)
Genre	toy illustrated poem
Extent	8 x 6 cm

Credit line: The Ohio State University, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum