Compared against the published Kanto checklist at all 45 kana positions, it agrees at one, へ. り is Dragonite here and Doduo there; わ is Meowth here and Growlithe there. It also spends four positions on people and Team Rocket, and the published Kanto checklist has no human cards at all.
Relics · Pokémon · Showa Note Karuta
Pokémon Karuta Kanto, New Year cover
A Showa Note Kanto-era printing this archive did not publish, reconstructed complete from one opened set. Every reading card prints its species in katakana inside the verse, so each card states its own identity. The box front carries a New Year scene, Charizard and Snorlax around a kotatsu with a kagami-mochi and kadomatsu, over the games みんなであそぼう / かるた / カードあわせ / もぐらゲーム.
Each reading card prints the species name in katakana as furigana inside its verse, so the card itself prints its own identity. That is the standard this archive requires. 44 of the 45 rest on their own reading card.
No box side was photographed, so the item code and JAN are unknown and which of the up to five 668156 printings this is remains unresolved. It is not the one published on the original Kanto page. The ま reading card was absent from the set, so that one position rests on its picture card alone and says so on its row.
Reading note. The reading cards are plain verse cards with a yellow border. Four positions name a person or a group rather than a species, which is a property of this printing and not a gap: あ is Ash, い is Brock, え is Misty and む is Team Rocket.
Kanto New Year picture-card checklist
45 / 45 identities read off one opened set · 45 picture-card wells · 45 reading-card wells
あAsh (Satoshi)サトシReading card names the species
いBrock (Takeshi)タケシReading card names the species
うCharmanderヒトカゲReading card names the species
えMisty (Kasumi)カスミReading card names the species
おBlastoiseカメックスReading card names the species
かClefairyピッピReading card names the species
きGyaradosギャラドスReading card names the species
くPidgeyポッポReading card names the species
けWigglytuffプクリンReading card names the species
こCharizardリザードンReading card names the species
さDugtrioダグトリオReading card names the species
しNinetalesキュウコンReading card names the species
すPoliwhirlニョロゾReading card names the species
せBulbasaurフシギダネReading card names the species
そShellderシェルダーReading card names the species
たSnorlaxカビゴンReading card names the species
ちButterfreeバタフリーReading card names the species
つElectabuzzエレブーReading card names the species
てGolduckゴルダックReading card names the species
とMankeyマンキーReading card names the species
なMewミュウReading card names the species
にMachokeゴーリキーReading card names the species
ぬMukベトベトンReading card names the species
ねAbraケーシィReading card names the species
のMewtwoミュウツーReading card names the species
はHitmonchanエビワラーReading card names the species
ひStaryuヒトデマンReading card names the species
ふSeelパウワウReading card names the species
へDittoメタモンReading card names the species
ほPikachuピカチュウReading card names the species
まSquirtleゼニガメPicture card only, reading card absent from the set
みCaterpieキャタピーReading card names the species
むTeam Rocket (Musashi & Kojiro)ロケット団Reading card names the species
めHitmonleeサワムラーReading card names the species
もBeedrillスピアーReading card names the species
やGravelerゴローンReading card names the species
ゆDrowzeeスリープReading card names the species
よOddishナゾノクサReading card names the species
らChanseyラッキーReading card names the species
るJynxルージュラReading card names the species
れArticunoフリーザーReading card names the species
ろVulpixロコンReading card names the species
わMeowthニャースReading card names the species
をPidgeottoピジョンReading card names the species
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