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u/hellafuda Sep 06 '26
I’ll try to get a post up today with better photos and all 48 cards and the box, but here’s a quick one. This deck at least has a circle logo (that I don’t recognize) on the box and paulownia cards, and it has the 天狗自慢 deck name, which is on one of the paulownia cards as well. I flipped through the full deck and seems to match!
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u/jhindenberg Sep 06 '26
Fantastic, thanks. That does appear to be the same pattern, though I too am unfamiliar with that maker's logo.
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u/hellafuda Sep 06 '26
Yeah, I showed it elsewhere and u/raitendo didn’t seem to recognize it either. I’ll keep digging into NDL, et al resources to see if I can trace either the deck name or brand logo, will report if I find anything!
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u/jhindenberg Sep 06 '26
The Japan Playing Card Museum has an interesting list of Showa-era makers and shops, many of which I am unfamiliar with; however there is no information added other than their location (and these cards aren't necessarily from within that list).
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u/suryonghaaton Sep 08 '26
try to find another hanafuda deck that has that kind of lightning card. the drum looks like a car tire to me lololololol
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u/jhindenberg Sep 08 '26
I can see that; it also brought to my mind those big stone wheels that are present on some Pacific islands.
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u/Carson_Cash Sep 06 '26
does pic #6 hold any info for the printer? or a date?
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u/jhindenberg Sep 06 '26
It appears to be the message 'obtained on January 2, Showa 25' (1950). One can't be certain this box always contained these cards, but they seem like a plausible pair.
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u/jhindenberg Sep 06 '26 edited 11h ago
No manufacturer information is provided within the artwork, and while some of the details are rather distinctive, I haven't yet matched them to a pattern from any particular card maker or store.
The inside of the lid seems to have the brushed message 'obtained on January 2, Showa 25' (1950), though I suppose one can't say for certain that this is in reference to the cards currently held within the box. Characters have also been penciled and/or scraped onto the outside, but these are more difficult to discern.
Solutions, suggestions, and speculations are welcome.
Follow-up edit: as described in the comments, an example of this pattern with its original box and manufacturer mark has been posted here, though details remain scarce.