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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. From here.

The figures depicted on this card are Minamoto no Raikō and a tsuchigumo.

The hiragana character is ら, read as ra.


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current12:19, 18 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 12:19, 18 December 2011140 × 217 (76 KB)Cropbotupload cropped version, operated by User:M0tty. Summary: cropped
19:43, 14 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 19:43, 14 March 2006188 × 259 (78 KB)AmcajaCard 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. From [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/dkc/calendar/godzilla/godzill
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