"Obou-san Mekuri" is a new game designed to
familiarize anyone with the Hyakunin Isshu.
"Obou-san Mekuri" MOVIE
Here is a video showing how to play "Obou-san Mekuri".
*There will be a sound, so please pay attention to the volume.
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Players
Three or more. It's more fun if there are at least five players. If you don't have enough people, you can use stuffed annimals or dools as additional players.(Please help them to draw a card!)
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Kind of Cards
What happens to the cards in your possession depends on the character depicted on the card you draw.Note: Among the 101 cards, there is one Tengu, one Semi-maru, 12 priests, 21 ladies (including one empress and one princess), seven emperors and one prince.
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How to Play
Lay cards face down on a floor or on a table, mix them up well, and divide into five decks. Place the decks in a circle.
Players draw one card at a time. He/she draws one card from any of the five decks and turns it face up. Then he/she follows the rules, below, which depend on what kind of card is drawn. (You can play rock/paper/scissors to decide who draws first).Flow of play is clockwise.
The game continues until the last card is drawn. The player with the most cards at the end is the winner.
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Rules
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Gentleman : 58
Keep the card.
Lady : 19
Keep the card.
＋Take all cards in the "pot" between the five decks.
If there are no cards in the pot, draw once more and follow the rule of that card.
*If the card is again a Lady, draw another card.
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Gentleman from Imperial Family : 8
Keep the card.
+Take all cards held by the player to your right.
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Lady from Imperial Family : 2
Keep the card.
＋Take all cards held by the player to your left.
＋Take all cards in the "pot" between the five decks.
If there are no cards in the pot, draw once more and follow the rule of that card.
*If the card is again a Lady, draw another card. 
Obou-san,Priest : 12
Put the card you drew along with all the cards in your possession into the pot.
Semi-maru, ahooded hermit : 1
Put the card you drew along with all the cards in your possession into the pot.
＋The players to your right and to your left also must put all their cards into the pot.
Tengu, a long nosed goblin : 1
Keep the card.
＋Take all cards from the players to your right and to your left.
＋Take all the cards from the pot.
*Imperial family members sit on a beautiful mat called Ungenberitatami, which has a striped edge.
