Picture cards - Efuda

Japanese: 絵札 - えふだ
Picture cards - Efuda
〘 noun 〙① A card with pictures drawn on it, such as a karuta card. ② A set of 12 playing cards with the Jack, Queen, and King on them. ③ A standing sign with a picture drawn on it. ※The Peony Guest (1909) by Nagai Kafu "Then the characters on the picture sign (e-fu-da) that had been set up by the small brick riverbank were read as 〈abbreviation〉."

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Japanese:
〘名〙① カルタで絵の描いてある札。② トランプで、ジャック、クイーン、キングの描かれた一二枚の札。③ 絵の描いてある立て札。※牡丹の客(1909)〈永井荷風〉「すると小れんが河端に立てた画札(ヱフダ)の文字を、〈略〉と読んだ」

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