Karuta is a traditional card-matching game in Japan. A set consists of 2 types of cards-'Reading Cards' and 'Playing Cards'. The essential rule of game is as follows: A reciter reads the Reading Cards, and two or more players compete to be the first to touch the matching Playing Cards. The 100 poems for this game are taken from the anthology of Japanese traditional poetry.
Beside that it is kind of traditional event in New year season, I define Karuta as "Sports" because it require quick motion and considerably high skill to be "professional". Among them, identifying and slapping the card is completed within one second immediatly after just one or two syllables are read.Here, the picture above is the moment right woman has slapped the card and the card is flying.
1 comment:
OH! Again, thanks for showing this! What an interesting sport... I noticed that you are very athletic. You like to play many sports... that's great...
Post a Comment