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Traditional Japanese playing [[card]]s. They are composed of 48 cards with flowers representing the months of the year. The word "[i]Hana fuda[/i]" literally means "flower cards." The pictures used for them represent the beauty of Japanese nature. h4. Items used in hanafuda pictures * Janurary: [[pine tree]] and [[crane (animal)]] * February: Japanese apricot ([[plum blossoms]]) and Japanese bush [[warbler]] / [[nightingale (bird)]] * March: [[cherry blossoms]] and [[hanami]] [[curtain]] * April: [[wisteria]] and little [[cuckoo]] * May: [[iris (flower)]] and "a temple in Yatsuhashi area":http://www.city.chiryu.aichi.jp/0000000863.html * June: [[peony (flower)]] and [[butterfly]] * July: [[lespedeza]] / bush [[clover]] and [[boar]] * August: [[susuki]] / silver [[grass]], [[moon]] and [[goose]] * September: [[chrysanthemum]] and [[sakazuki]] * October: [[maple leaf]] / [[autumn leaves]] and [[deer]] * November: [[willow]], [[swallow (animal)]] and "[i]Ono no Michikaze[/i]":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ono_no_Michikaze (a prominent calligrapher who lived in the [i]Heian[/i] period) * December: [[paulownia]] and Chinese [[phoenix]] * Others: colored [[tanzaku]], saying that '[i]Akayoroshi[/i] (lit. obviously good)' or "'[i]Miyoshino[/i]'":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshino_District%2c_Nara h4.See also * Wikipedia: "Hanafuda":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanafuda * [[Nintendo]] (They originally are a hanafuda manufacturer) * [[Summer Wars]] (Hanafuda acts as an important role) Updated by bot Sun, Sep 18 '22, 02:56 |