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Flora playing cards

Flora playing cards

Flora playing cards made by the Angel Playing Card Co., Kyoto, 1982.

Hiroshige Ukiyo-e playing cards

Hiroshige Ukiyo-e playing cards

“Hiroshige” playing cards drawn by Hiroshige Ando (1797-1858) at 53 stopoffs on the journey from Edo (Tokyo) to Kyoto.

Iroha Karuta

Iroha Karuta

Traditional Japanese matching game played mainly by children.

Japanese Playing Cards

Japanese Playing Cards

Japanese playing cards include: 'Awase' or 'matching pairs' cards and Portuguese or Spanish-derived 'Dragon' type cards.

Japanese Women

Japanese Women

Japanese Women playing cards in an idealised and erotic style by Keiichi Takasawa (1914-1984).

Le Golf de Mose

Le Golf de Mose

Humorous cartoons of golfers in action on playing cards by the artist Mose.

Roaring Twenties

Roaring Twenties

Roaring Twenties playing cards by Angel Playing Cards Co Ltd, Japan. 1980.

Shapely

Shapely

“Shapely” non-standard adult playing cards manufactured by Angel Playing Cards Co., Japan, 1980

Tokyo Disneyland Playing Cards

Tokyo Disneyland Playing Cards

Disney themed playing cards featuring Mickey Mouse and his friends; available at Tokyo Disneyland in 1987.

Utamaro “Ukiyo-e” playing cards

Utamaro “Ukiyo-e” playing cards

Utamaro Ukiyo-e playing cards showing woodblock prints of beautiful women.