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Hiraga Gennai, a Common card
Hiraga Gennai was a Japanese polymath and rōnin of the Edo period.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 124
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 124 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Hiraga Gennai quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hiraga Gennai card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He also authored two guidebooks on the male ______ of Japan, the Kiku no en and the San no asa.
Answer
prostitutes. He also authored two guidebooks on the male prostitutes of Japan, the Kiku no en and the San no asa. From the Hiraga Gennai article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
European science in the Middle Ages. European science in the Middle Ages 71 · Hiraga Gennai 66 · Jacques Charles 61 · Skyworth EV6 58 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was a pharmacologist, student of Rangaku, author, painter and inventor well known for his Erekiteru, Kandankei and Kakanpu.
- Gennai composed several works of literature, including the fictional satires Fūryū Shidōken den, the Nenashigusa, and the Nenashigusa kohen, and the satirical essays On Farting and A Lousy Journey of Love.
- He also authored two guidebooks on the male prostitutes of Japan, the Kiku no en and the San no asa.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hiraga Gennai article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Hiraga Gennai
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Hiraga Gennai in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Gentile da FabrianoCommon · Arts · ATK 61 DEF 63
- HandfishCommon · Nature · ATK 63 DEF 61
- HaulbowlineCommon · Nature · ATK 63 DEF 61
- Skyworth EV6Common · Society · ATK 58 DEF 66
- William BinghamCommon · History · ATK 62 DEF 62
- Albano OlivettiCommon · Society · ATK 78 DEF 46
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hiraga Gennai (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : 木村黙老 / Momuō Kimura, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
