Unsun playing cards

Description

Title: Unsun playing cards
Contributor: Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published / Created: [1720?]
Publication Place: Japan
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: BEIN JAP21: Imperfect: 18 cards (9 courts and 9 pip cards) wanting. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Title devised by cataloger.
Italo-Portuguese suit system.
Composition of deck: 75 [Un, Sun, Sota, Rohai, Koshi, Uma; 9-1, with a fifth suit, Tomoe].
Single suit sign on Aces, floral decoration.
Faces of all courts have been eradicated; sun of swords in heavy armor; sota of swords battles serpent; sun of batons in heavy armor, poses against checkerboard background; sota of batons battles serpent; uma of coins rides white horse; sun of Tomoe is pictured against checkerboard background.
Floral decoration on pip cards.
Extent: 75 cards : 75 x 46 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Digitization Note: 57 of 75 cards present at time of digitization.

Genre: Specimens
Early works to 1800
Playing cards
Material: hand colored ;
Resource Type: text and still image
Subject (Geographic): Japan
Subject (Topic): Playing cards
Subjects: Playing cards > Japan > Specimens > Early works to 1800
Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892-1941 > Ownership
Cary, Mary Flagler > Ownership

Access: Public
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