If you are joining this post for the first time you may findit helpful to read this post first. These posts will compare the differences between the five different versions of the Japanese Iroha Karuta: Edo, Kyoto, Osaka, Jyogata, and Owari.

犬も歩けば棒に当る

(１)何かをやっていれば意外な幸運に出会うこと。(２)何か行動すると災難に遭遇すること。

(1) If you try something, you will get lucky. (2) Disaster will be encountered when there is some kind of action.

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Karuta (かるた, Karuta, loaned from the Portuguese word meaning “card” (carta)) is a Japanese card game.
Card from the Japanese game obake karuta (monster cards), c. early 19th century. Each card features a monster from Japanese mythology and a character from the hiragana syllabary.

The basic idea of any karuta game is to be able to quickly determine which card out of an array of cards is required and then to grab the card before it is grabbed by an opponent. There are various types of cards which can be used to play karuta. It is also possible to play this game using two standard decks of playing cards.

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I have contemplated this several times, whether I should put ads on IrohaProject.org.
To be honest I have experimented with all types of ads on other websites and none of the websites that are in the majority of ads make any sense to my websites but I really hate ads in reality and I have never made much revenue off ads. Therefore, I don’t mind having ads on this blog but I have decided to not run ads on IrohaProject.org at the moment and I will definitely not run ads that are not related to my content or my interests.

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