Unsun playing cards

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Description

Title: Unsun playing cards
Contributor: Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published / Created: [1890?]
Publication Place: Japan
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: BEIN JAP22: 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.
Japanese mythological personalities; un and sota are pictured against silver background; the others, against yellow background.
Extent: 75 cards : 72 x 44 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.

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

Access: Public
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