{"id":11041,"date":"2020-04-09T17:36:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T21:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=11041"},"modified":"2020-04-09T17:36:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T21:36:30","slug":"h-is-for-hanafuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/h-is-for-hanafuda\/","title":{"rendered":"H is for Hanafuda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hanafuda, \u82b1\u672d, flower cards, traditional playing cards<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Did you know that the Nintendo we all know and love started out as a company that made playing cards? Their original product was a set of hanafuda<\/a> cards! Hanafuda are small, traditional Japanese cards featuring designs of flowers and seasonal motifs. Like our more familiar decks of playing cards, there are lots of different games and variations you can play with hanafuda.\u00a0 To this day, Nintendo still makes novelty hanafuda<\/a> sets. So do several other companies in Japan. You can find decks featuring Super Mario Bros<\/a>, Kirby<\/a>, beloved movies like Spirited Away<\/a>, and even a Pokemon<\/a> set!<\/p>\n

However, if you’d like your own free set, I’m here for you. I’ve created a muted, monochrome set based on the original designs but using the colour scheme from this blog I love so much. All you need to do is print out this PDF on heavy-weight card paper (I had blue and white so I used blue for the background side but plain white works just as well). Then glue each card sheet to one background sheet with stick glue, put a heavy weight on them to dry them flat (I used books), and then cut them out after 24 hours or so.<\/p>\n

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Click here to download the PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t