Playing Card Deck

2003-42-20.2

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2003-42-20.2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan
Section Asian
Materials Paper
Iconography Bird
Inscription Language Japanese Language
Description

Incomplete set of Japanese playing cards with various birds on them and one with a man in a hat who is probably a bird catcher. The birds are: 鴨 カモ (Duck), 鶴 ツル (Crane), 鳩 ハト (Pigeon), 鳶 トビ (Black Kite), 雀 スズメ (Tree Sparrow), 鶉 ウヅラ (Quail).

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003

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