Hanafuda
Hanafuda ( Japanese 花 札 , German "flower cards") are Japanese playing cards ( karuta ) with flower motifs. The cards are slightly thicker than the cards in European card games . These cards are mainly used in Japan , Korea and Hawaii .
Similar to the standard European Rummy - cards can play different with Hanafuda variations. Koi-Koi, Hachi-Hachi and Kabu are particularly popular.
Nintendo started producing such playing cards in 1889.
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A Hanafuda card set consists of 48 cards, which are divided into the 12 months of the year. Each month is symbolized by a different flower.
For each month there are four different flower cards with different values in the game. A typical month consists of two flower motifs (1 point), a loop map (5 points), and an earth (10 points) or light map (20 points).
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| January | Matsu ( pine ) | 2 normal (1 point), 1 poem loop (5 points) and 1 light: crane with sun (20 points) |
   
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| February | Ume ( plum ) | 2 normal (1 point), 1 poem loop (5 points) and 1 earth: nightingale in the plum tree (10 points) |
   
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| March | Sakura ( cherry blossom ) | 2 normal (1 point), 1 poem ribbon (5 points) and 1 light: picnic blanket and cherry blossoms (20 points) |
   
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| April | Fuji ( wisteria ) | 2 normal (1 point), 1 red ribbon (5 points) and 1 earth: cuckoo in a tree (10 points) |
   
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| May | Shōbu ( Iris ) | 2 normal (1 point), 1 red ribbon (5 points) and 1 earth: iris with bridge (10 points) |
   
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| June | Botan ( peony ) | 2 normal (1 point), 1 blue ribbon (5 points) and 1 earth: butterfly (10 points) |
   
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| July | Hagi ( Hagi shrub ) | 2 normal (1 point), 1 red ribbon (5 points) and 1 earth: boar (10 points) |
   
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| August | Susuki ( China reed ) | 2 normal (1 point), 1 earth: flying geese (10 points), 1 light: full moon (20 points) |
   
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| September | Kiku ( chrysanthemum ) | 2 normal (1 point), 1 blue ribbon (5 points) and 1 earth: sake bowl (10 points) |
   
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| October | Momiji ( maple ) | 2 normal (1 point), 1 blue ribbon (5 points) and 1 earth: deer (10 points) |
   
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| November | Yanagi ( willow ) | 1 thunderstorm (1 point), 1 red ribbon (5 points), 1 earth: swallow (10 points), 1 light: Ono no Michikaze with umbrella (20 points) |
   
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| December | Kiri ( Paulownie ) | 3 normal (1 point, a card is usually colored differently), 1 light: Chinese phoenix (20 points) |
   
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Koi Koi
Koi-Koi is one of the most popular and easiest game variations for Hanafuda cards. The following example explains the gameplay for three players:
At the beginning eight cards are placed face up on the table, each player is dealt seven cards and the rest is laid out face down as a pile. If possible, the first player reveals a suitable card (same month) from his hand. He may pick up his card and the card that is already open. Then he reveals a card from the face-down pile. If this card matches an already open card, he may pick up both cards. If this card does not fit, the new card is placed next to the other open cards.
A player's turn remains as long as he can reveal suitable cards. Then it is the next player's turn.
The game ends when no more cards can be accepted. At the end the points of the individual players are counted.
Hachi-Hachi
Hachi-Hachi (8-8) is next to Koi-Koi the most popular game with Hanafuda cards. It has similarities to poker .
See also
Web links
- Games played with Flower Cards. Pagat.com, rules of the game and information about card games from all over the world
- Hanafuda ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ). Kasu - Association of Traditional Japanese Game Culture, Vienna.
- T. Kuroda: Hand-book for “Hana-Awase”, Japanese Flower-Playing Cards: How to Play for the Beginners. 1926, doi : 10.11501 / 925013 (English).