| Object Number | 2003-42-20.1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Paper |
| Iconography | Zodiac | Dragon |
| Inscription Language | Japanese Language |
| Description | Set of Japanese playing cards with the twelve zodaic animals and corresponding kanji characters: 子(rat), 丑 (ox), 寅 (tiger), 卯 (rabbit), 辰 (dragon), 巳 (snake), 午 (horse), 未 (goat), 申 (monkey), 酉 (rooster), 戌 (dog), 亥 (boar). This set is incomplete as there are fifteen cards in total with duplicates of the rat, rabbit, and monkey cards. Some of the cards have a black back and some have an orange back. The game most likley relates to a game that is popular in Taiwan known as the Twelve Zodiac Cards (十二生肖牌) or the Rat Cards (老鼠牌). |
| Length | 12.2 cm |
| Width | 6.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
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