Deck description

An old pattern from Niigata prefecture, slightly modified for Koi-koi gameplay purposes. Its simplified woodblock pattern, which was copied from old "Musashino" hanafuda decks from the late 1700's, has quite an angular appearance with its generous use of straight lines. Moreover, the entire pattern was overprinted generously with gold and silver paints, giving it a luxurious appearance. Like all patterns based on "Musashino" hanafuda decks, it features Japanese poems on the Chaff cards, a closed umbrella on the Rain Man card, and the absence of a lightning storm motif on the Willow Chaff. Hidden Lore The Phoenix Ring: The December Light card has a gold-painted ring around the face of the Phoenix. This gold ring represents the planet Venus, whose Japanese name literally translates to "Gold Star", and is one of the original 3 brights in the early days of hanafuda, along with the Sun (January Light card) and the Full Moon (August Light Card).