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December

Paulownia and phoenix close the 48-card cycle.

Launch Note

The full December 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.

Paulownia in the Hanafuda deck

桐 / kiri. Hanafuda uses four cards per month; these are the current December cards imported from the Koi-Koi source deck.

December Hanafuda card: Paulownia, Phoenix, Bright
PhoenixBright
December Hanafuda card: Paulownia, Paulownia chaff, Chaff
Paulownia chaffChaff
December Hanafuda card: Paulownia, Paulownia chaff, Chaff
Paulownia chaffChaff
December Hanafuda card: Paulownia, Paulownia chaff, Chaff
Paulownia 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.