Hanafuda: The Flower Card Game by Japan Publications
Hanafuda: The Flower Card Game by Japan Publications
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- Title: Hanafuda: The Flower Card Game
- Subtitle: The Flower Card Game
- Author: Japan Publications, Inc.
- Publisher: Japan Publications, Inc., Tokyo
- Publication Date: First published 1970; 1979 printing
- Edition:
- Printing:
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 94
- Illustrations: 48 full-color card reproductions; black and white throughout
- ISBN-13: 978-0870404306
- Language: English
- Dimensions: 9.13 × 6.57 in.
- Series: N/A
- Condition: Very Good
- Notes:
- Description: The standard English-language guide to hanafuda (花札), the traditional Japanese flower card game and the only major card game of purely Japanese origin. Unlike Go, Mah Jong, and Shogi — all imports from China — hanafuda evolved from Japanese tradition, its 48 cards bearing seasonal flora and fauna in distinctively Japanese ornamental styles. This book covers the most popular variants: the straightforward Matching Flowers and the more strategic Eighty-Eight and Koi-Koi. Rules, card values, trick-taking, scoring, and sample game situations are clearly explained. Full-color card reproductions in the frontispiece can be cut out and used as a playable deck. Of interest to collectors of Japanese games and ephemera as well as players.
