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X The Tarot      1999 Clamp      China                                                   Art Medium: Pen drawings coloured with watercolour, possibly reworked in a computer graphics program. Description: Unauthorised deck based on the Japanese manga (comic book series) 'X'. Clamp, is an all-female Japanese mangaka group that formed in the mid 1980s, consisting of their leader Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona , Tsubaki Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi. The quality of the artwork is high and the Major Arcana and Court cards clearly reflect the tarot structure, this is less easily seen in the pips. The Majors are entitled ''The Seven Seals'' while the Minors are ''The Seven Angels''.