Being a traditional sport of Japan, Competitive Karuta is not so well known in other countries. This combination of Japanese poetry and sport is also very rare in other cultures. It’s particularity fascinating to me, so I made this book describing the history and rules of Competitive Karuta.
The front cover
(photo of tori gates in Kyoto)
Inner cover.
(texts is the very first poem written on competitive karuta)
TOC
Page with text
Page with image
Spine + Front cover
Decorative Page
Back cover
Poem book (all hand crafting)
Poem book inner pages
Poem book intro page
