922 



REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



80. Ts]6uNG-KWAN P'ii. Playing-Cards.^ Kwangtung, China. 



Set of one hundred and twenty cards, comprising four packs of thirty 

 cards, each containing nine cards, from one to nine, of the suits of 

 ping^ sok, and Mn ("cakes," "strings," and "myriads"), and three 

 jokers: Pal- fa, Rung fa, and Ld W-in ("White Flower," " Red Flower," 

 and "Old Thousand"). 



Fig. 221. 



HINDU PLATING-CARD (FISH AVATAR). 



Cat. No. 19135, Museum of Arclia'ology, University of Pennsylvania. 



81. Hana-Garuta. " Flower Cards." Playing-Cards,^ Japan. 



Forty-eight cards with plain black backs, and faces bearing pictures 

 of flowers in colors. Divided into twelve suits, which correspond with 

 the twelve months and receive the following names : ^ 



1. Matsu, Pine. 



2. Ume, Plum. 



3. Sakura, Cherry. 



' Cat. No. 169334, U.S.N.M. Gift of Stewart Culin. These cards were purchased in 

 a Chinese shop in Washington, D. C, and are the kind used by the Chinese laborers 

 in the United States. It maybe remarked that they are chiefly sold in this country 

 for use as markers in the game of Fan fan. Oard-playiug is very uncommon among 

 the immigrants, and seldom if ever practiced except at the season of the New Year. 



2 Cat. No. 150828, U.S.N.M. Gift of Mrs. J. K. Van Rensselaer. 



^Comprising the favorite flowers of Japan, which have been so arranged, accord- 

 ing to their time of blooming, as to form a floral calendar. The list of flowers with 

 their months is given by Dr. J. J. Rein. Japan, Travels and Resources, London, 

 1884, p. 441. 



