Portuguese-suited playing cards
Portuguese-suited playing cards or Portuguese-suited cards are a nearly extinct suit-system of playing cards that survive in a few towns in Sicily and Japan. Although not of Portuguese origin, they were named after the country because Portugal was the last European nation to use them on a large basis. They are very similar to Spanish-suited playing cards in that they use the Latin-suit system of cups, swords, coins and clubs. However, this system featured straight swords and knobbly clubs like the Spanish suits but intersected them like the northern Italian suits. The Aces featured dragons and the knaves were all distinctly female.
Sakuragawa-fuda, a mekuri karuta pattern
Spanish-suited playing cards
Spanish-suited playing cards or Spanish-suited cards have four suits, and a deck is usually made up of 40 or 48 cards. It is categorized as a Latin-suited deck and has strong similarities with the Portuguese-suited deck, Italian-suited deck and some to the French deck. Spanish-suited cards are used in Spain, southern Italy, parts of France, Hispanic America, North Africa, and the Philippines.
Castilian pattern introduced by Heraclio Fournier
Toledo pattern cards from 1574. They are closely related to the Seville and Franco-Spanish patterns.
Valencia pattern cards from 1778. They are closely related to the Old Catalan pattern.
Knave of coins, Castilian (left) and Mexican (right)