Very cool posting of the antique hanafuda decks you scored. Love seeing the older styles. Looks like they had heavy use, perhaps even in a gambling house.
How do you know the period? I'm guessing you used the Takashi Ebashi book? I will have to look for an english translation, if one exists.

Modiano started using the back I have in the 1970s, according to WOPC, so they may have stopped using it by now. 2-way backs are always preferred for playing. http://www.wopc.co.uk/italy/venetian Since I can't read the italian directions I looked up Briscola on Board Game Geek. They have intructions...

Great posting!
I have most of a deck of Modiano Briscola cards I found in a thrift store and this is the back.
Do any of your decks have the same back as mine?

Sounds like it was a portrait, or copycat, of Carmen Miranda. Is there any chance that was the card back instead of the queen? There are tons of tattoos of Mz. Miranda. https://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=84AqW4y5JuOt0PEPncmJ6Ac&q=carmen+miranda+tattoo&oq=carmen+m...

I think Ohishi may indeed be the oldest card manufacturer still remaining.
Carta Mundi - Brepols - was my first thought, but, as you pointed out, they did not make playing cards until some 30 years after their founding.

Box is not mint, but the Marshall McLuhan deck is hard to find second hand:
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Hi! It's not really a new deck (although I just added the Icons Imperial recently thanks to Rappy!), I am very excited about this: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170715/a79310e24ff8a492ed7a7c7227288bd9.jpg Solid mahogany box with lid, made to measure by Lorenzo's friend in Sweden, all thanks to...

Decks are best stored flat so the cards lay flat in their tucks and are less likely to bow, so the postition is fine. The danger of stacking so many is in any weak point of a tuck box buckling under the weight. Especially if the pile is shifted and the corner weight from the tucks above puts pressur...

I'm with you on space issues, and that use of vertical space is great. These shelves show up second hand a lot and much easier for me to get than the PAX since I don't live near an Ikea.
Thanks for posting that dissident.

I agree with the joe - great find in that Black Cat transformation deck.
Arienti's decks are always done up beautifully. Was there a box or other wrapping?

I'm really enjoying all your latest postings here Jase. Great to see you back.

Yes, on Vancouver Island, in a podunk but picturesque place that goes by the wild name of Parksville.

It's Cracle for all the knuckle cracking those magik fingerz do.
You reached 4000 posts back in 2014 so you've definitely slowed down Tom.

Love the job you did designing those rank symbols Joe. They really look good.

Must be those long nights in the winter - makes a person thoughtful. :geek: Nightless nights on the summer make you thoughtful. All dark days on the winter make you depressed :D A colleague of mine used to take jobs piloting small aircraft in Northern Canada just to have those long days painting in...

Must be those long nights in the winter - makes a person thoughtful.

This is late but I really just saw these last 2 postings. Cool that you have the Duff Beer can. How does the deck sit in that? Is there a structure to the inside that holds it in place? Does the Grolsch have the Dutch pattern? I have a Heineken deck that has the Dutch pattern courts and custom Heine...

Welcome Danny.
I don't participate in social media, outside of a couple of specific forums, so can't follow you, but I totally get the fascination. I sold some decks to a local magician and he did some tricks for me. It's very cool when you see it close up like that and it still seems magic.

Welcome kat!
Do you live anywhere near the National Playing Card Museum in Turnhout?

My Casino Regina deck came in a plain Gemaco box instead of a casino box, and it was unused. I had a second one that I sold so they don't seem too rare. Both were thrift store finds here in Canada. They have an interesting almost pebbled surface that glides very well. From what I remember when I fir...

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Sounds like a chilled drink...

Crazy Canucks too I guess.
With how hot it was 2 days ago a dip in the ocean was grand.

I would love to see the Discus cards Chuqii. There were some good backs for those, and they make a nice spread with all those repeating suit signs around the edges of the faces. I wonder, is it possible to fan round cards? Some interesting boxes there. I've bought some decks based on the boxes, only...

I haven't seen them for sale new, but do come across old ones in thrift stores.
Love those backs.

Welcome to UC.
The best place to post your request is in the "Personal (member) BUY / SELL / TRADE / EBAY / ISO / CoOp" area of "The Marketplace" part of UC. Yours would be an ISO (in search of).

We hope to see you around other areas of teh forum as well

Welcome Ann, interesting intro.
Is the cubing Rubicks?

Cool that the date can be narrowed down so much, thanks to our expert Jase.
I'm glad you've widened the field of your collecting Chuqii. It's great seeing these fine old decks here, and feeling the vicarious thrill of their discovery.

Don't know if those courts were used outside of that deck, but the ones you have have a much higher quality of printing then some of the Hart's French Whist decks that have turned up. The World Wide Playing Card Museum has the same courts for that deck, but printed poorly. The better printing seems ...

Yeah, especially with the shipping eh?

This is a beautiful Hanafuda that I would love to have in my collection. Finances are tight though so have to think on it a while.

One question: why make the powerful Phoenix into a peacock?

Space Halcón 151 Dicresa S.A. De C.V. Halcon151_backjokerbox_small.jpg These court faces are a common design for international/French suited cards in Mexico. The Mexican branch of Carta Mundi uses the same pattern, but with different decorative elements. Halcon151_spadeshearts_small.jpg Halcón mean...