Hanafuda Cards

Hanafuda, “flower cards”, is a deck of 48 playing cards divided into 12 suits of four cards. Each suit is named for a month of the year and pictures a flower identified with that month. The seasonal flowers have long histories in poetry and art, often tracing back to Heian Japan, and are rich in folklore and trivia.

花札由于其规则简单，花色漂亮，所以受到了人们的喜爱。你所看到的图案是于18世纪日本江户时代完成的浮世绘风格图案。花札共48张牌，每4张构成一个月，共12个月。这48张牌可谓日本文化的缩小版，不仅隐含着日本世风、祭祀、各种行事、仪式、风俗，甚至隐含了教育寓意。