- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Gaming card. The front of the card depicts text in Japanese characters and tree design. The card is rectangular and made from paper. The reverse of the card has an illustration depicting a hand holding chopsticks. The card is one of sixty-two cards in a game set. [CW [OPS Move] 21/7/2016]
- Long description
- For the complete set of rectangular gaming cards with printed illustrations with hand and chop sticks please see 1901.47.1 .116 - .119 and 1901.47.1 .165 - .222. [CW [OPS Move] 21/7/2016] Please note that this object is one of a set of two-hundred and twenty-three objects that form the box, cards, counters and accessories of a Japanese game. [AB [OPS Move] 21/7/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1901
- Date collected
- By 1901
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1901
- Materials and processes
- Material Paper Plant, Process Printed
- Dimensions
- Width: max 34 mm, Length: max 52 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1901.47.1.207
- Associated publications
- Please note that the following offprint was found in one of the drawers containing card games. It is unclear what, if any, object this was originally associated with, so I have put it in a folder in the RDF in 1917.53 which is the collection that most of the card games were from. King Van Rensselaer, J. "Playing Cards from Japan" Proceedings National Museum XIII, No. 836, p. 381 - 382 [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 11/2/2005]
Search terms: Toy and Game, Card Game, Game, Game Accessory
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