Hello everyone!

We wanted to share our newest upcoming project with all of you! Sensu Hanafuda and Fusion playing cards.

We are currently planning the Kickstarter launch for August 1st.

Sensu was inspired by traditional hanafuda and the illustrations of Uchiyama Rossetsu from 1892. Each card in the Sensu deck is unique.

Sensu will be printed by LPCC on Classic Finish. The tucks will have an embossed linen texture (similar to the Cultura tuck).



We also created a Sensu edition of our Hanafuda Games rulebook. It will have the same text content as our Hanami edition (8.5”x11”, full-color, 236 pages, 37 games), but the 200+ color images will now feature the art of the Sensu deck series.



For those of you who might not be familiar with Hanafuda or our Fusion decks…

What is Hanafuda?
Hanafuda (known in Korea as 'Hwatu') are floral-themed playing cards that are rich in symbolism and popular in Japan, Korea, and Hawaii. Hanafuda cards have 12 suits. Each suit is represented by a month (e.g. June) of the year and each month is represented by a flower (e.g. Peony).



What is the Fusion deck?
Since traditional hanafuda cards lack pips and indices, we designed our own hanafuda indices to indicate the flower, month, and type of each card. We combined these indices with traditional hanafuda imagery and standard poker indices to create a multipurpose deck that could be used to play both Eastern and Western games. The Fusion deck is also a great way to learn and teach hanafuda.



Why a Hanafuda Rulebook?
Given the popularity, long history, and wide geographical range of hanafuda cards, there have been many games invented over the years. Unfortunately, rules for hanafuda games can be difficult to find and interpret, so we decided to create a rulebook that would gather these rules into a single clearly written source.

Sensu was created as part of our ongoing love for hanafuda and desire to share it with others.

There is a lot more art on the Kickstarter page.

Here is the Kickstarter Preview Link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iws/1373751704?ref=529157&token=d27af1cf

Thank you for taking the time to read our post and for checking out our project!

We look forward to reading your feedback.
Jason & Antonietta

Hello. My wife and I have spent the last year working on a playing card project.
We are new to playing card design and wanted to get feedback from the community before going live with this project.

All of the cards were illustrated by my wife Antonietta.

The artwork was influenced/inspired by erotic art of the Italian Renaissance and the floral motifs of traditional hanafuda cards.

We have created two different deck formats: hanafuda & ‘fusion’.
►The Hanafuda deck uses mini sized cards and a more traditional hanafuda design.
►The Fusion deck uses poker sized cards and combines the standard poker pips with the hanafuda art. The goal of the fusion deck was to create a single deck that could be used to play both hanafuda & western games, and to provide ‘training wheels’ to anyone interested in learning to play hanafuda games.

The Kickstarter page (preview link below) contains a video and more information about the inspiration, creation, and design of the decks.

[Warning: Mature material, discretion advised]
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iws/377665093?token=ccdcd485

We would love to hear feedback and are grateful to anyone that can take a look at our project.
If there are any questions please let us know.

Thank you for taking the time to read our post, and thanks in advance for checking out our project!