In the past, only ue-no-ku was written on the yomi-fuda so the yomi-te read only ue-no-ku and the tori-te had to remember the matching shimo-no-ku in the instant to complete the tanka, therefore the game was quite meaningful for memorizing tanka and for creating competition; the whole tanka is written on the current yomi-fuda and the yomi-te reads all, therefore the original purpose has been lost.
本来は読み札には上の句しか書いてなかったために、この遊びかたは百人一首を覚えるうえでも、札の取り合いとしても、それなりの意味があったのだが、現在では読み札に一首すべて書いてあるために、本来の意図は見失われている。