Playing Cards from Japan
Tensho Mekuri - Japan
Tensho Mekuri cards hand-made by Patricia Kirk, 2003.
Tokyo Disneyland Playing Cards
Disney themed playing cards featuring Mickey Mouse and his friends; available at Tokyo Disneyland in 1987.
Torys Western Cards
Promotional pack for a brand of Japanese whisky, featuring comic Wild West characters.
Ukiyo-E (Nintendo)
Classic examples of Ukiyo-E painting.
Unimol playing cards
Advertising pack for a pharmaceutical company, with brightly coloured courts.
Unsun Karuta
Unsun Karuta うんすんかるた Japan c.1780.
Uta Garuta
These cards are basically a poetry anthology (the Hyakunin Isshu, or 百人一首), transposed onto cards.
Utamaro “Ukiyo-e” playing cards
Utamaro Ukiyo-e playing cards showing woodblock prints of beautiful women.