The Hanabi-shi Oracle comes in two versions - Night & Day, collect both to expand your vision. The Day and Night decks each have completely different fronts, but share the same design on the back so both decks can be shuffled together. Each deck has 49 cards printed on high quality 310 gsm smooth luster cardstock. Cards are 2.75x4.75 inches. Each deck includes a pamphlet with card interpretations.

****

The Hanabi-shi Oracle is created entirely from public domain Japanese fireworks catalogues from the 1880s. The Hirayama Fireworks company used the catalogues to market to an international American and British audience.

The founder of the company, Jinta Hirayama, was a fireworks innovator and greatly expanded the range of firework colors and designs available. He was one of the very first Japanese people to receive a US patent. That patent was for “daylight fireworks,” which used colorful smoke and illustrated paper lantern balloons to create their unique effects.

In Japanese, hanabi means fireworks and hanabi-shi means fireworks master. I hope that this deck helps share the fascinating history of Japanese fireworks with a larger audience.

****

The Hanabi-shi Oracle was successfully funded on Kickstarter in 2022. Learn more about the project here: https://www.suzigrossman.com/hanabi-shi.html