I've read that they were created the way they were to mimic Mahjong tiles but that person was just speculating. Makes sense though.
Nintendo also makes Western style playing cards too. I dont collect these as much as Hanafuda but I do like these as well. Probably because the years I spent...
Did you guys know that Nintendo was originally a playing card manufacturer that was founded in 1889 by a guy named Yamauchi Fusajirō? I have a set of Nintendo hanafuda playing cards (not to be confused with western playing cards) that date back to somewhere between 1954-1957. I'm trying to find...