THE BEST HANAFUDA (and how to make your own)

Greetings AncientGamers! Today I bring you a little special video I have been wanting to do for a while. We are going to see where to buy the VERY BEST hanafuda cards. We will go back to Japan and explore a little more about the amazing history of hanafuda manufacturers, some of which you can still visit today ;)

After that, we will craft our own hanafuda cards, both original and with cheat cards and lastly, I will provide you with an original set of hanafuda I made myself with medieval designs. I will leave all that to you for free in my website (link below) so you can enjoy the best games the way our ancestors did :)

Best Hanafuda – 1:27
Crafting – 4:44
Medieval Hanafuda – 7:18
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OHISHI-TENGUDO:
The oldest card manufacturer that continues to produce cards in the world. In my opinion, here you will find the best hanafuda cards
● location:
● blog:
● hanafuda cards:

OKUNO KARUTA:
The best hanafuda manufacturer in Tokyo, worth to pay a visit even if not buying anything!
● location:
● about Okuno Karuta:
● hanafuda at their online store:

MUSIC:

- Japanese Fantasy Music - Honō no Megami (炎の女神)
- Relaxing Japanese Music - Yuki (雪)
- Celtic Medieval Music - At the Summertide Feast

As always, thanks for everything folks! Leave a comment with the game you want me to cover and see you in the next one ;)!

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
1:27 Where to get the best hanafuda cards
4:44 How to craft your own hanafuda cards
7:18 Medieval hanafuda
8:51 Outro

[barieba]

Amazing! Hanafuda is a really fascinating game. I like the idea that you can feel the long Japanese history in your hands by playing this game. When I play Hanafuda, I can feel the ancient people's love of nature, how they appreciated the beauty of the natural world in different seasons. This is the reason why I like Hanafuda so much!

[penepleto]

Can't believe you made a whole video about Hanafuda without bring up Nintendo, who's been making Hanafuda since 1889

[seniscram]

I can not thank you enough for these custom cards with the icons. It has been a really fun project for me and my wife to make the cards this Sunday morning.

[EverywhereAtOnce]

I could listen to your voice all day. It's very pleasant. I would like to create my own traditional deck.

[Teiwaz]

Another great video dude. Other ancient games worth mentioning would of course be Go, Shogi (kind of covered in your Chaturanga video) and MahJong.
I know there is already a great video by Shut Up & Sit down covering Go but would be nice to have one that focuses more on it's history. If you are interested in doing a MahJong one I have been putting together a game & history summary.
Would be also cool to do a video of modern board games that feel like ancient games (theme & simple mechanics). My personal favourites would be Hive, Thud!, War Chest, Odins Ravens, Duke, Tatsu, Onitama, Tellstones, Dragon Castle, Tsuro, Hanamikoji, Santorini, Onirim and top one would be a less well know game called Element.
Obviously there are also many modern board games that have an ancient history theme (Concordia, Isle of Sky, Ra, Kemet, Inis, Rising Sun...) but that could be yet another video! With how big the board game community is getting they're sure to be a big hit 👍

[DJsuryong]

there are 3 major card manufacturers in japan that still mass-produce standard hanafuda:
Nintendo, Angel, and Oishi Tengudo.

(100-yen hanafuda made by Nihon Parl Kakoh doesn't count)

Nintendo is the best for gameplay enjoyment and durability. The cards are thick and hard; a deck is about 4.5 cm tall.
The only downside is that they are pretty slippery right out of the box. Brand choice depends on finish preference: If you want smooth, glossy cards, your choice is daitoryo; If you want matte, slightly papery finish cards, your choice is miyako no hana. Tengu is half and half; it is papery on the front and glossy on the back.

Angel has a similar quality to Nintendo, but slightly less expensive. they have 3 brands: genroku, chidori, and "hanafuda" (unbranded). i haven't bought the latter 2 brands, but genroku almost feels like a daitoryo deck, only the back is not as glossy and not as slippery. The design of the cards are a blatant copy of the Nintendo design. If you think Nintendo is too expensive, then you might want to consider buying an Angel deck. One downside: it lacks a blank card, so you don't have a joker; instead, they give you a specimen card, but it's the exact design as the ribbon of sakura. Edit: This is unless you bought the unbranded hanafuda deck, which advertises on the box that it includes 2 blank cards.

Oishi Tengudo is the most expensive of the three, and also has a different feel to the cards. All their cards have a papery finish, like they used the same materials as the ones used for hyakunin isshu karuta. The cards are lighter, curves to the sides (intentional), and are thinner as well; a deck is about 3.75 cm tall, which was the standard thickness of a hanafuda deck from the late Edo period until the Meiji period. To a beginner, these cards feel cheaper than the other brands, and less durable. The cards have a simpler drawing design when compared to that used in Nintendo and Angel decks. Unlike Nintendo and Angel, all Oishi Tengudo cards have hand-pasted backs, which is the reason why they are more expensive. If you're a collector or if you like to support a card company that has existed since 1800, go for this deck (or any of their specialty hanafuda decks). But if you want to PLAY with the cards, i don't recommend this brand very much. they have 3 brands: Kintengu, Gintengu, and Lincoln. Apparently all of them are the same, the higher price indicates a better backpasting job. ("Shiki" brand is not included; it is not backpasted)

Also if you happen to have a vintage Oishi Tengudo deck (from the early 1990's or older), you will find that the modern Oishi Tengudo deck feels NOTHING like the vintage one, which feels more like a standard hanafuda for that time.

[rosarodriguezdelcerro]

Great!!! And free!! Thank you Guillermo. Beautiful cards and easy to make. Now it's not easy going to Japan...😕. Much better making them by yourself

[KingKong-bonk]

I used to buy hanafuda cards from the super market as a kid in Hawaii in the 90s we played before during and after school

[DJsuryong]

sanko means 3 brights

if you refer to brights as a rank, it's "hikari"

[gustavohernandez]

Hola, me gustó mucho tu vídeo. Hace varios años que descubrí el juego y me encantó. He buscado mucha información acerca de él porque tuve la idea de hacer mi propia versión a la mexicana (soy diseñador e ilustrador mexicano). De momento lo juego en un emulador de GBC, pero ya me motive a hacer mi propia baraja impresa. Estaré pendiente de toda la info que subas acerca de juegos de cartas, me agrada tu estilo. Saludos!

[LlamaDrama-if]

Gracias por compartir las cartas con ayuda! Es más fácil aprender así. He visto que las reglas de puntuación varían un poco en diferentes videos. Me imagino que en Japón también es así según cada familia o región.

[MindInDisguise]

I love your digital remaster of the medieval period images. Have you thought about doing the Harmonia Macrocosmica plates?

[Wf]

you look like Ryan reynolds and doctor strange combined

[markussmith]

How did you get them protected or commercially protected?

[brly]

One of the cards looks like it has portuguese symbols on it or am i crazy?