011337 Sajiro Kongo, Ueno, Shitaya-ku, Tokyo. Hyakunin Isshu. 200 cards, but a text card replaced in old times. Stencil-col. woodcut and type, 71x50 mm, square corners. Backs: Brown.
Maker’s name on the inside lid of the box. 1909.
100 different poets and 100 poems. Aim of the game is to match the texts with their authors. Unusual box, probably made of cherry wood, the lid of which is decorated with inlay work: view of Mount Fuji with the snow line and bare trees in the foreground. Sajiro Kongo had his stall at the store in front of the Ueno station.
Original wooden box (a few splits), slightly worn.

$ 1,641.45