JAPAN ALMANACPlay Koi-Koi

04 / Late spring

April

Wisteria hangs with the cuckoo and a plain red ribbon.

Launch Note

The full April almanac essay is not published yet. This page is live so the calendar foundation has stable URLs, verified Hanafuda month data, and exact Koi-Koi card art from the approved deck.

Wisteria in the Hanafuda deck

藤 / fuji. Hanafuda uses four cards per month; these are the current April cards imported from the Koi-Koi source deck.

April Hanafuda card: Wisteria, Cuckoo, Animal/Object
CuckooAnimal/Object
April Hanafuda card: Wisteria, Plain ribbon, Ribbon
Plain ribbonRibbon
April Hanafuda card: Wisteria, Wisteria chaff, Chaff
Wisteria chaffChaff
April Hanafuda card: Wisteria, Wisteria chaff, Chaff
Wisteria chaffChaff

Sources

  1. Try Playing Hanafuda!, Nintendo Museum. Accessed 2026-09-01. Used for the 48-card, 12-month Hanafuda structure and Nintendo Museum workshop context.
  2. Cultural Reference - Hanafuda & the Twelve Months, Koi-Koi repository. Accessed 2026-09-01. Internal topic map only; not treated as external factual authority.