French version
Hyakunin isshu百人一首 小倉百人一首alternative words: Hyakuninisshu, Ogura hyakunin isshu keywords: game , poesy related topics: Waka , Manyoshu , Fujiwara no Sadaie related web sites: http://www.fin.ne.jp/~rumi/karuta/ , http://www.macpro.co.jp/hyakunin/ explanation: Literally, "100 poets 1 poem" and correspond to a selection of the 100 most famous Japanese poets with 1 waka (31 syllable Japanese poem) each. There were many "hiyakunin isshu" but "Ogura hyakunin isshu" compiled in 13th century by a poet of Kamakura period, Fujiwara no Sadaie is the most representative. Since Edo period, man has played a card game which consists of guessing the lower part of waka by reading the upper part. | |