Hanafuda (Japanese: 花札, lit. 'flower cards') are a type of Japanese playing cards. They are typically smaller than Western playing cards, only 5.4 by 3...

the Meiji Restoration, in 1885, gambling laws were relaxed in Japan, and Hanafuda cards, which were previously banned, become legal. Fusajiro, after having...

Nintendo was founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda playing cards. Nintendo was founded as Yamauchi Nintendo (山内任天堂) by Fusajiro...

divided by 4 suits with 12 cards each, a hanafuda deck is divided by 12 suits (months) with 4 cards each. Hanafuda games are mostly fishing games. Uta-garuta...

Koppai by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards. After venturing into various lines of business during the...

restrictions on gambling, unique suit systems were developed, thus forming hanafuda and kabufuda decks. The already existing traditional Kai-awase (shell-matching)...

"...called hwa-tu in Korea, and hanafuda in Japan... NOVEMBER - PAULOWNIA (Korean: odong. Note: in Japanese hanafuda, Paulownia represents December.)"...

Koi-Koi (Japanese: こいこい) is a popular card game in Japan played with hanafuda. The phrase "koi-koi" means "come on" in Japanese which is said when the...

similar to Baccarat. It is typically played with special kabufuda cards. A hanafuda deck can also be used, if the last two months are discarded, and Western...

Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura (Japanese); Tom Laflin (English) Hanafuda Sakura (桜花札, Sakura Hanafuda) Voiced by: Daisuke Ono (Japanese); Kamran Nikhad (English)...