トランプ占い Playing Cards Fortune Telling

Yumeji Takehisa

Published Year: 1927 January 昭和二年

Woodblock print

Yumeji worked for magazine “Hujin Gurafu” (Lady Graph) sold many copies due to the popularity of Yumeji's work at the time. (source: Hokuriku nittyu shinbun)

Playing cards has become popular during Taisho period as a cool trend that has Westernized taste. The economy was blooming due to Japan's victory in the World war one and people wanted to do something that has modern taste and bright. In big cities like Tokyo, there were more nuclear families than ever and the life in the city suited playing cards that were considered cool and trendy rather than “hanafuda”. 

Source (日本かるた文化館 “Japan karuta culture center”)