kai-awase
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300px|thumb|Kai-awase shells, Edo period Kai-awase (貝合わせ "shell-matching") is a Japanese game with shells, typically the shells of the hamaguri clam.
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It is catalogued under the topic Japanese games.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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300px|thumb|Kai-awase shells, Edo period Kai-awase (貝合わせ "shell-matching") is a Japanese game with shells, typically the shells of the hamaguri clam.
The shells in the inside would have elaborate paintings, often depicting scenes from the Tale of Genji. The aim of the game was to find the other half that would fit.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “kai-awase” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.