Hanafuda (花札) is a Japanese gambling card game which evolved from Western playing cards. It is also known as hwatu in Korea.

History

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Though refined card games were played in Japan by the nobility since its early eras, they were not commonly used for gambling, or played by the lower classes. This changed, however, in the 18th year of Tenmon (A.D. 1549) when Saint Francisco Xavier landed in Japan. The crew of his ship had carried a set of Hombre (48-card Portuguese) playing cards from Europe, and card games became very popular among the Japanese. When Japan closed off all contact with the Western world in 1633, foreign playing cards were banned.

Since the banned card games had been highly popular, an unknown gamer designed a card game known as "Unsun Karuta". These cards were decorated with Chinese art, depicting such subjects as Chinese warriors, weaponry, armor, and dragons. This deck consisted of 75 cards, and was not as popular as the Western card games had been simply because of the difficulty of becoming familiar with the system.

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@biggarden 大庭ちょっとこれやってみて。CPUの引きが強すぎる感じがするんだけど　http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/hanafuda/hanafuda.html
kaji2 (かじ) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:20:19 -0000
@biggarden 大庭ちょっとこれやってみて。CPUの引きが強すぎる感じがするんだけど　http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/hanafuda/hanafuda.html
ぬ、クソ強い花札、mixi外にふつうにあった　http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/hanafuda/hanafuda.html
kemu_maki (けむまき/かわかみ) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:12:32 -0000
ぬ、クソ強い花札、mixi外にふつうにあった　http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/hanafuda/hanafuda.html
For the life of me, I can't learn the strategy of Hanafuda, the traditional Japanese card game. :-(
gilasakawa (Gil Asakawa) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:36:58 -0000
For the life of me, I can't learn the strategy of Hanafuda, the traditional Japanese card game. :-(
just finished playing hanafuda with mom, bro & sis-in-law. Tied w/ mom & pecan pie was yummy.
renhanami (Ren Hanami) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:43:35 -0000
just finished playing hanafuda with mom, bro & sis-in-law. Tied w/ mom & pecan pie was yummy.
lol the Hanafuda battle in Summer wars is like watching yugiou!
linkinstreet (linkinstreet) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:52:03 -0000
lol the Hanafuda battle in Summer wars is like watching yugiou!
I wish I had New Super Mario Bros. Wii right now. And a deck of Nintendo Hanafuda cards. Le sigh. If you've got Club Nintendo codes, send em
Dante_Ravenkin (Dante_Ravenkin) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:35:46 -0000
I wish I had New Super Mario Bros. Wii right now. And a deck of Nintendo Hanafuda cards. Le sigh. If you've got Club Nintendo codes, send em

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