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Hanafuda

There are twelve suits, representing months. Each is designated a flower, and each suit has four cards. Typically,

there are two 'normal' cards worth one point, one poetry ribbon card worth five points, and a final special card worth

ten or twenty points. The point values could be considered unnecessary and arbitrary, as the most popular games

only concern themselves with certain combinations of taken cards.

Month Flower Cards Images

January Matsu () (Pine)2 Normal (1 point), 1 Poetry Ribbon (5 points) and

1 Special: Crane and Sun (20 points)

FebruaryUme () (Plum

blossom)

2 Normal (1 point), 1 Poetry Ribbon (5 points) and

1 Special: Bush Warblerin a Tree (10 points)

MarchSakura () (Cherry

blossom)

2 Normal (1 point), 1 Poetry Ribbon (5 points) and1 Special: Camp Curtain (20 points)

April Fuji () (Wisteria)2 Normal (1 point), 1 Red Ribbon (5 points) and 1Special: Cuckoo with Moon (10 points)

May Ayame () (Iris)2 Normal (1 point), 1 Red Ribbon (5 points) and 1

Special: Water Iris and Eight-Plank Bridge (10points)

June Botan () (Peony) 2 Normal (1 point), 1 Purple Ribbon (5 points) and1 Special: Butterflies (10 points)

July Hagi () (Bush Clover)2 Normal (1 point), 1 Red Ribbon (5 points) and 1

Special: Boar(10 points)

AugustSusuki () (Chinese

Silver Grass)

2 Normal (1 point), 2 Specials: Geese in Flight (10

points), Full Moon with Red Sky (20 points)

SeptemberKiku ()

(Chrysanthemum)

2 Normal (1 point), 1 Purple Ribbon (5 points) and1 Special: Poetry Sake cup (10 points)

October Momiji () (Maple)2 Normal (1 point), 1 Purple Ribbon (5 points) and1 Special: Deerand Maple (10 points)

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NovemberYanagi () (Willow)1 Red Ribbon (5 points) and 3 Specials: Lightning

(1 point), Swallow (10 points), Ono no Michikaze

with Umbrella and Frog (Rainman, 20 points)

December Kiri () (Paulownia)3 Normal (1 point, one off-shaded), Special:

Chinese Phoenix (20 points)

Yaku (Combination of 3 cards to a set. There are 8 sets, 50 points per set. 50 points are deducted from

each opponent.

Yakus using 20 point cards

1. 20 pt Pampus

(August suit susuki)

20 pt Cherry Blossom)

(March suit sakura)

5 pt Chrysanthemum

(Sept suit kiku)

2. 20 pt Cherry Blossom

(March suit sakura)

20 pt Pine

(January suit matsu)

5 pt Plum

(Feb. suit ume)

Yakus using 10 point cards

3. 10 pt Plum

(Feb. suit ume)

10 pt. Pine

(Jan suit matsu)

10 pt Cherryblossom

(Mar suit sakura)

4. 10 pt Chrysanthemum(Sept suit kiku)

10 pt Maple(Oct. suit momiji)

10 pt Peony(June suit botan)

5. 10 pt Clover

(July suit hagi)

10 pt Wisteria

(April suit fuji)

10pt Iris

(May suit ayame)

Yakus using 5 point cards

6. 5 pt Chrysanthemum

(Sept suit kiku)

5 pt Maple

(Oct suit momiji)

5pt Peony

(June suit botan)

7. 5 pt Clover

(July suit hagi)

5 pt Wisteria

(April suit fuji)

5 pt Iris

(May suit ayame)

8. 5pt Maple

(Oct. suit momiji)

5pt Clover

(July suit hagi)

5pt Pampus

(Aug suit susuki)

Object of Play: Accumulate more points than your opponent. Either a set number of rounds is

played, a point goal is set to determine the winner, or players try to get so many more points than

their opponent.

Rules of Play: Cards are shuffled and placed into a pile (called the stock). Eight cards are placedface up between the players, and then eight cards are dealt face-down to each player. If there are

more than two players, then the hand size is decreased.

The Play: Play starts with the dealer. The player takes a card that was dealt to him and matches

suit with a card that is on the table. If there isn't a matching card, the player discards a card to the

center of the table. Then, the top stock card is turned face up, and if there is a matching suit onthe playing field, the player takes the cards, otherwise the stock card is added to the playing field.[5]

Play ends when either the stock is exhausted or either player's hand is empty.

If a player is dealt four pairs or two complete suits, that player automatically wins the round.

Scoring for this instance varies, but can be the value of the cards in the playing field.

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Hiki: If there are a number of cards on the playing field of one suit, and a player has the rest of

the suit in hand, this is a hiki. The player may take the entire suit of cards on his turn instead ofplaying a card from his hand. Trying to take a card from a hiki with the storm card is an illegal

move. If the cards are dealt so that all four of one suit are on the playing field, the cards are

shuffled and redealt. If three cards are on the table, they are stacked together and the remainingcard takes all three.

Scoring: At the end of the round, each player adds the value of all cards he has taken. In some

variations, 'winner takes all', meaning the winner of the match gets all the points the opponenthas accumulated in that round. See the page 'Hanafuda Rules' for card sets and scoring.

Oya Gachi: In case of a tie, dealer wins. If the dealer isn't involved with the tie, the player

closest to the dealer's left wins.

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