The Chirashi-tori is a general way for playing Hyakunin Isshu Karuta, unlike that, in the Sakasama Karuta (literally, 'reversed karuta'), the illustrations drawn on the yomi-fuda drawn (sometimes called 'e-fuda') are used as the cards for taking and the tori-fuda written only the shimo-no-ku (sometimes called 'shimo-no-ku-fuda') are used as the cards for reading.
本来の百人一首は上記である散らし取りが一般的であるが、この逆さまかるたは読み札（絵札）が取り札になり、下の句札（取り札）が読み札となるもの。