Traditional Japanese playing [[card]]s. They are composed of 48 cards with flowers representing the months of the year.
The word "[i]Hana fuda[/i]" literally means "flower cards." The pictures used for them represent the beauty of Japanese nature.

h4. Items used in hanafuda pictures

* Janurary: [[pine tree]] and [[crane (animal)]]
* February: Japanese apricot ([[plum blossoms]]) and [[Japanese bush warbler]] / [[nightingale (bird)]]
* March: [[cherry blossoms]] and [[hanami]] [[curtain]]
* April: [[wisteria]] and little [[cuckoo]]
* May: [[iris (flower)]] and "a temple in Yatsuhashi area":http://www.city.chiryu.aichi.jp/0000000863.html 
* June: [[peony (flower)]] and [[butterfly]]
* July: [[lespedeza]] / bush [[clover]] and [[boar]]
* August: [[susuki grass|susuki]] / silver [[grass]], [[moon]] and [[goose]]
* September: [[chrysanthemum]] and [[sakazuki]]
* October: [[maple leaf]] / [[autumn leaves]] and [[deer]]
* November: [[willow]], [[swallow (animal)]] and "[i]Ono no Michikaze[/i]":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ono_no_Michikaze (a prominent calligrapher who lived in the [i]Heian[/i] period)
* December: [[paulownia]] and Chinese [[phoenix]]
* Others: colored [[tanzaku]],  saying that '[i]Akayoroshi[/i] (lit. obviously good)' or "'[i]Miyoshino[/i]'":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshino_District%2c_Nara 

h4.See also

* Wikipedia: "Hanafuda":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanafuda 
* [[Nintendo]] (They originally are a hanafuda manufacturer)
* [[Summer Wars]] (Hanafuda acts as an important role)
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