Masuo Ikeda
Striking, colourful designs by the Japanese artist Masuo Ikeda.
Masuo Ikeda



Above: Masuo Ikeda playing cards, c.1977 made by Carta Mundi, Turnhout, Belgium, published by Kodansha Ltd, and produced by Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Japan, c1977. 52 cards + 2 Jokers + 1 title card. Size: 56 x 87 mm. Is that a navel I see on the back?

By Roddy Somerville
Member since May 31, 2022
Roddy started collecting stamps on his 8th birthday. In 1977 he joined the newly formed playing-card department at Stanley Gibbons in London before setting up his own business in Edinburgh four years later. His collecting interests include playing cards, postcards, stamps (especially playing cards on stamps) and sugar wrappers. He is a Past President of the Scottish Philatelic Society, a former Chairman of the IPCS, a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards and Curator of the WCMPC’s collection of playing cards. He lives near Toulouse in France.
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