絵え札ふだ

noun

face card; court card

In Western-style card games, refers to the king, queen, and jack.

• トランプの絵え札ふだはキング、クイーン、ジャックです。

  The face cards in a deck of playing cards are the king, queen, and jack.

noun

picture card (in utagaruta or iroha karuta)

In traditional Japanese karuta games, the cards that bear illustrations, as opposed to the reading cards.

See also: 歌かるた · いろはカルタ

• 百ひゃく人にん一いっ首しゅでは、読よみ札ふだと絵え札ふだに分わかれています。

  In Hyakunin Isshu, the cards are divided into reading cards and picture cards.