CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 



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4. Fugi, Wisteria. 



5. Ayame, Sweet Flag. 



6. Botan, Peony. 



7. Hagi, Lespedeza (Bush Clover). 



8. Susulci, Eularia. 



9. Kiku, Chrysantaemum. 



10. Momiji, Maple. 



11. Ame, Rain. 



12. Kiri, Paullownia. 



The game is i)layed. by three persons, one of whom deals seven cards to 

 each player and seven face up on the table. The dealer then plays out a 

 card, with which he endeavors to match one of those on the table. If 



Fig. 222. 



HINDU PLAYING-CARD (TORTOISE AVATAE). 

 Cat. No. 19135, Museum of Archseology, University of Pennsylvania. 



successful, he takes up both cards and lays them aside. The points are 

 counted, accordiuy- to certain combinations of two or more cards, which 

 a player may make either with the cards originally dealt him or with 

 three taken up. These combinations are called yaku or "prizes." They 

 are reckoned as equivalent to one or more lacan of twelve points. The 

 counts are extremely numerous and complicated, and there are several 

 varieties of the game. For a detailed account consult " Korean Games."' 



' Bibliography: C. M. Belshaw, Hana Fuda, the Japanese Flower Game, more com- 

 monly known by the Japanese as Hachi-ju-hachi, or Eighty-eight, 9 pp., 8vo., Yoko- 

 hama, 1892. 



R. Lehmann, Gesellschaftspiele der Japaner, Pt. 1; Uta gaiuta, a card game (all 



