Rosanne
In a thread 'Just an Idea' Roppo posted this link
http://www.city.kobe.jp/cityoffice/...meihn/o56.htm
There is a picture of a woodblock box circa 1580-1600
The Portuguese arrived in Japan about 1543 and took their playing Cards with them. The Japenese skilled in woodblock printing apparently copied them?
Now looking at the Mamluk cards that influenced the TdM from a site about cards I read..... All this is found in most Tarots, in Northern Italian patterns an in the now extinct Portuguese pattern....
What I was wondering is, does anybody know if that extinct pattern is in Japan Museums? and if that is known was there four Courts including a female as I cannot tell from the picture of the box that roppo showed us? It looks like there were four courts. Many thanks for any information ~Rosanne
http://www.city.kobe.jp/cityoffice/...meihn/o56.htm
There is a picture of a woodblock box circa 1580-1600
The Portuguese arrived in Japan about 1543 and took their playing Cards with them. The Japenese skilled in woodblock printing apparently copied them?
Now looking at the Mamluk cards that influenced the TdM from a site about cards I read..... All this is found in most Tarots, in Northern Italian patterns an in the now extinct Portuguese pattern....
What I was wondering is, does anybody know if that extinct pattern is in Japan Museums? and if that is known was there four Courts including a female as I cannot tell from the picture of the box that roppo showed us? It looks like there were four courts. Many thanks for any information ~Rosanne