Raijin Playing Cards by BOMBMAGIC
These two decks recreate the Japanese classic stories of Fujin and
Raijin, with a 21st century look. Fujin is the Japanese god of the wind,
often depicted holding a large bag of wind on his shoulders - Raijin is
the god of lightning, thunder and storms.
The design of Fujin Playing Cards and Raijin Playing Cards
is the result of our collaboration with the UK illustrator, Fionn
Jordan. Fionn Jordan is an Art Traveler who has lived in both Japan and
Taiwan for several years, so he is already deep into East Asian culture.
Fionn is good at creating comics, hence our inviting him to join this
project. It must be hard to imagine that this kind of Eastern style is
created by a Westerner!
The blue deck is Fujin, and the red deck
is Raijin. You'll immediately notice the two styles used for the card
backs, ghost cards and boxes. We designed 12 court cards with blue
spades and clubs for Fujin, and red hearts and diamonds for Raijin,
going together like brothers. For numbers, the decks are customized
utilizing watercolor strokes from Fionn Jordan.
To convey to you
the care that has gone into these decks, this project was a year in the
making, and has been revised over ten times. In the last period of this
project, Fionn needed to finish his parts in the UK due to logistical
issues. This project is the first time for BOMBMAGIC to do tripartite
cross-border cooperation with Taiwan, Japan, and UK, and we hope that
you are thrilled with the results!
Of course, this deck is the
best choice for any collection and makes a great gift. It also shows our
determination on Games and Cultural and Creative industry.