playing card

One of forty-six playing cards made of paper pasted on to maroon coloured card, used in the game hanafuda. The card is from the iris suit and depicts a dark blue flower with long black leaves with a touch of yellow beneath the petals. There is a plank bridge and water in the foreground.

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