1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,920 Speaker 1: This Day in History Class is a production of I 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Greetings everyone, Welcome to this Day in History Class, 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: where we learn a smidgen of history every day. Today 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: is September nineteen. The day was September eight nine. Fusa 5 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: Yamauchi founded Nintendo, Kopai and Kyoto Japan to manufacture hana fuda, 6 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 1: or Japanese playing cards. Now known as Nintendo, The company 7 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 1: is a major international player in the video game industry. 8 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: Hanafuda is a Japanese word that means flower cards. A 9 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: deck of hanafuda contains forty eight cards, including twelve suits 10 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: with four cards each. Each suit is named after a month, 11 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: and each month is associated with a flower that is 12 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: illustrated on the cards in its suit. Hanafuda games developed 13 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: in Japan after Western style playing cards made their way 14 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: to the country with Europeans. The Yakuza often used hanafa 15 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: in their illegal gambling parlors. Busa was an artist an 16 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: entrepreneur who lived in Kyoto with his family for a while. 17 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 1: In Japan, many card games were banned to put an 18 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: end to illegal gambling, but the government did end up 19 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: relaxing some of his restrictions and hanafuda games were allowed, 20 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 1: so Fusado decided to create Hanafuda cards from crushed mulberry 21 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: tree bark and paint images on them. He opened his 22 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: own hanaft card shop and called it Nintendo Kopai. Hanafra 23 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: had not been a huge hit before this point, but 24 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: fuss handicrafted cards were extremely popular. He hired people to 25 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: help make the cards, and eventually he began mass producing 26 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: hanaf Dot cards and making Western style cards. Nintendo became 27 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: a hugely six US full playing card company, and by 28 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: nine he retired and his adopted sudden loss at Kio 29 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:10,679 Speaker 1: Yamauchi took over as president of the company. Two decades later, 30 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: Petoshi Yamachi took over as president and the name of 31 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: the company was changed to Nintendo Playing Card Company Limited. 32 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: Nintendo became successful at mass producing plastic playing cards in Japan, 33 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: and by nineteen sixty three Nintendell began branching out into 34 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: other industries like taxi services, hotel chains, and food company. 35 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: It also started manufacturing games. All the other business ventures 36 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: weren't that successful, but the electronic toys and games they 37 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: began producing were a hit. In nineteen seventy, Nintendo began 38 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: selling the beam Gun, a solar powered light gun. Realizing 39 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: it's success with electronic toys and the decline of playing 40 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: cards sales, nintendell began producing home and arcade video games. 41 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 1: Engineer and product developer gunpa Yo Koi, as well as 42 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: video game designer SiO Miyamoto, played major roles in the 43 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: company's success with video games such as Donkey Kong and 44 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: Jumpman better known as Mario. At that point, Nintendo continued 45 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: to make waves in video gaming, creating handheld video games 46 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: and home video game consoles. The Nintendo Entertainment System was 47 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: released as the Family Computer or Famicom in Japan and 48 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: nine before it was launched in North America. Two years later. 49 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: The Game Boy was introduced in Japan in nine Nintendo 50 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: still makes playing cards, but it's better known for the 51 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: strikes it has made in the video game industry. I'm 52 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: each step code and hopefully you know a little more 53 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: about history today than you did yesterday. And if you'd 54 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: like to follow us on social media, you can find 55 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: us at T D I h D Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, 56 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: and Facebook. 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