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hanafuda

In hanafuda
…suit’s third-ranking card adds a tanzaku, a picture of a sheet of paper for poetry writing, and is worth five points. The top card in each suit shows the flower, to which is added a picture of some animal, bird, evidence of mankind, or the Moon. These high cards are…
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