Hyakunin isshu
Do you know Hyakunin isshu?
That means "One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets".
About a thousand years ago, in Heian period of Japan, they were selected by Fujiwara No Teika.
When we were high school students, we had to memorize them. (One hundred poems!)
At present, Hyakunin isshu is more familiar as Karuta (card game) than as classic literature.
Hyakunin isshu is full of love poems, which is written by classical Japanese, they are so beautiful.
There is a Japanese cartoon "Cyoyaku Hyakunin isshu Utakoi".
Its content is easy to understand and interesting.
If you are interested, please watch it.
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Wow, your English is accurate and natural!
Do you know Hyakunin isshu? That means "One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets". About a thousand years ago, in Heian period of Japan, they were selected by Fujiwara No Teika. When we were high school students, we had to memorize them. (One hundred poems!) At present, Hyakunin isshu is more familiar as Karuta (card game) than as classic literature. Hyakunin isshu is full of love poems, which is were written by in classical Japanese. They are so beautiful. There is a Japanese cartoon "Cyoyaku Hyakunin isshu Utakoi". Its content is easy to understand and interesting. If you are interested, please watch it.
Another way to say it:
we had to memorize them-- all one hundred of them!
as the card game 'Karuta' // as a card game called Karuta
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