1962 NIPPON BEER Nintendo (Kyoto) 52 cards + 1 jokers – 57x87 mm.

Advertising for Nippon Beer, standard courts with special kings and stars instead diamonds. The joker represents the god of beer Gambrinus. Mint. € 30

Braun 200 – Fournier 48 – Samjac 5169


1962 UKIYO-E Nintendo (Kyoto) for Kokuryn Shoji (Tokyo) 52 cards + 2 jokers – 62x86 mm.

Ukiyoe is the Japanse term for genre pictures which arose the Edo period (1600 – 1868). Mint. € 50

Braun 599 – Fournier 31 – Samjac 5123


1966 MEXICAN OVAL Nintendo (Kyoto) 52 cards + 3 jokers – 57x89 mm.

Advertising for a Japanese brasserie. Mint € 58

Braun 308


1969 ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES Nintendo (Kyoto) 52 cards + 2 jokers – 58x89 mm.

Designed by Melles Habtezghi. The cards have English and Ethiopian (Copti) indices. Mint. € 30

Braun 297 – Samjac 5065 – Fournier II 47


1970 Ukiyoe Angel (Osaka) 52 cards + 2 Jokers - 63 x 88 mm.

Designed by Ukiyoe. Mint with original cardboard box. € 25


1972 Fan Dack Playing Card Nintendo (Kyoto) 52 cards + 2 jokers - 20 x 60 mm.

Designed by Yutaka Kikuchi. The cards have the form of bowling pins. Cards are in mint condition housed in the original box. € 55


1972 Sanseidos's  Concise – NINTENDO (Kyoto) – 52 carte + 2 Jokers – 58x100 mm.

€  38


1973 EDWARD’S (IV) - HAPPY DAY Nintendo (Kyoto) 52 cards + 1 joker + 1 white card – 57x119 mm.

Designed by Osaka Yoshitaro. Edition of 6000 decks. The illustrations of the axes and the honors have a strong erotic component. Mint. € 25

Braun 888 – Samjac 5100 


1974 VIVA BOURG Nintendo (Kyoto) 52 cards + 2 jokers – 58x89 mm.

Limited edition of 5000 decks. Advertising deck for a sports equipment and sportswear company. The Aces and Jokers are original designs that have a mildly erotic content, and the suits are red and blue, instead of black. Almost mint. € 22

Braun 1060 – Samjac 5118