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These original design Kyoto hanafuda cards show famous places and seasonal scenes from Kyoto, Japan's ancient capital.  Places show...

During the 18th century a new scheme of play was created and its variants were called M ekuri, i.e. 'the turning (of cards)...

Echigo is a former province of Japan that now forms the majority of Niigata prefecture. The main features of this pattern (which are m...

Takumi Itô is a contemporary artist active since the mid 1940's. In 2004 she created a series of 48 woodblock prints for the Hanafu...

  This special edition produced by Ôishi, is a replica of an original deck dating back to the Meiji era (1864-1912), that one centur...

This colourful Hanafuda edition by Windmill, named Kin-Botan (Golden Peony) is a faithful replica of another original deck that once be...

The Kintokibana (officially Awabana) is a pattern born in the old province of Awa (now Tokushima prefecture, Shikoku). The name Kintok...

Most Hanafuda games are played between two opponents. In 2000, manufacturer Matsui Tengudô issued a four-player version, named Ryuu-Ko (...

Hanapua is a localised edition of Hanafuda (designed by Ken Kudo), whose subtitle 'Hawaii Flower Card Game' suggests it hav...

Who? Baiken (梅喧) is a one-armed, pipe smoking Samurai and is one of the few characters of Japanese descent in the Guilty Gear ( ギルテ...

'Tanzaku' - 5 Ribbons = 1 point Tanzaku ( 短冊 ) or Tan   is the basic Ribbon hand (ergo consisting of Ribbons that don'...

'Matsu ni Tsuru' For the Japanese, the Crane (Tsuru) is considered a national treasure, appearing in art, literature and f...