Hanafuda (Japanese Playing Cards) - Kintoki Flower (in a Paulownia Wood Box) - Established In 1790 by Oishi Tengudo

Hanafuda cards used in the Chugoku and Shikoku regions of Japan.

The Joker (Oni-fuda) features a picture of Kintaro.

Oishi Tengudo's Hanafuda and Kabu-fuda cards are not machine-printed but hand-printed, and are intentionally made slightly curved to feel comfortable in the hand.

Hanafuda cards used in the Chugoku and Shikoku regions of Japan.

The Joker (Oni-fuda) features a picture of Kintaro.

Oishi Tengudo's Hanafuda and Kabu-fuda cards are not machine-printed but hand-printed, and are intentionally made slightly curved to feel comfortable in the hand.

The card design is very similar to modern Hanafuda cards, but a distinctive feature is the number of the month printed on the strips of paper. Only black-backed versions are available.

Oishi Tengudo, a long-established karuta (card game) maker founded in 1800 (Kansei 12), Kyoto, is best known for its Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each).