100 Poem Cards
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- Description: Japanese seasonal poems in the form of a traditional Japanese card game called karuta. The game was formed during the Edo era and is still widely played today. Hyakunin Isshu karuta (100 poem cards) are a collection of Tanka poems. This specific kind of karuta is played during New Year’s.
For more information, visit: http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/cool/12-03-15/ - Links
- About Basho and Haiku
- About Japanese Poetry
- About Karuta Card Game
- About Haiku
- Book: The Classic Traditions of Haiku
- Book: Snow Falling from a Bamboo Leaf: the Art of Haiku
- Book: Modern Japanese Tanka
- Haiku (basic introduction and worksheets)
- How to Write a Haiku
- How to Write a Tanka Poem
- Tanka and Haiku
- Tanka Online (general guide about tanka poetry)
- Thoughts on Juxtaposition of Haiku
- Lesson Plans (All are in PDF format)
- Haiku Tiles – Ohio Japan Project
- Haiku
- Japanese Poetry: Tanka (webpage)
- Seasonal Haiku (webpage)
- Standard Reference
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