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Mainichi Hanafuda: chrysanthemum

It is fitting that my final suit should be for the current month (September). These two cards portray a chrysanthemum junk (left) and on the right, the final "animal" card, which is again not an animal, but rather a saké cup. Can anyone tell me what the kanji means? I came up empty on searches, although I did see the same symbol on real actual saké drinking cups.

These flowers are based on tattoo designs, because I didn't like the other hanafuda chrysanthemum images at all. These are nice and bloomy and colorful.

3 comments:

drvono said...

That character reads "kotobuki," which means congratulations. It is common in wedding and new year items.

drvono said...

You can see a plain version on about.com

Jhenn said...

i really love this design. but you know i love bright and beautiful!!