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  2. Hanafuda - Wikipedia

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    Hanafuda (Japanese: 花札, lit. 'flower cards' [1][2]) are a type of Japanese playing cards. They are typically smaller than Western playing cards, only 5.4 by 3.2 centimetres (2.1 by 1.3 in), but thicker and stiffer, [3] and often with a pronounced curve. On the face of each card is a depiction of plants, tanzaku (短冊), animals, birds, or ...

  3. Karuta - Wikipedia

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    Karuta (かるた, from Portuguese carta ["card"])[1] are Japanese playing cards. Playing cards were introduced to Japan by Portuguese traders during the mid-16th century. These early decks were used for trick-taking games. The earliest indigenous karuta was invented in the town of Miike in Chikugo Province at around the end of the 16th century.

  4. Kabufuda - Wikipedia

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    Kabufuda (株札 かぶふだ) are Japanese playing cards used for gambling games such as Oicho-Kabu mainly used in the Kansai region. Kabufuda cards, like the related hanafuda (lit. 'flower cards'), are smaller and stiffer than Western playing cards. The standard Kabufuda pattern deck contains 41 cards, which includes one blank card and ...

  5. Oishi Tengudo - Wikipedia

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    Naoki Maeda (前田直樹), 9th generation head. ( CEO) Website. www .tengudo .jp. Oishi Tengudo ( 大石天狗堂) is a Kyoto -based Japanese manufacturer of playing cards and other traditional games, including go, hanafuda, and other karuta. With a handful of exceptions, all their cards are still made by hand. The company logo is a tengu mask ...

  6. Uta-garuta - Wikipedia

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    Uta-garuta (歌ガルタ, lit. "Poetry Karuta ") is a type of a deck of karuta, Japanese traditional playing cards. A set of uta-garuta contains two sets of 100 cards, with a waka poem written on each. Uta-garuta is also the name of the game in which the deck is used. The standard collection of poems used is the Hyakunin Isshu, chosen by poet ...

  7. Miyamoto spills Donkey Kong's darkest secrets, 35 years later

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    Nintendo had been a maker of hanafuda, traditional Japanese playing cards, since 1889, and this was still a major part of its business in 1981. "There was a water boiler that was used to make the ...

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