18th-century cards by Conver(?) in Japan
Hello
There is a public museum named "Miike Playing Card Museum" in Omuta city,
where the first Japanese playing cards were published in 16th century,
and there exist 9 cards which are seemingly part of Nicola Conver deck.
5 of them can be seen in the pamphlet they publish.
(VIIII, XIIII, XVI, XVII, and the ace of cups).
I compared them thoroughly with the reproduction by Heron.
It seems almost every single detail is identical in design!
In addition, there's a very interesting fact.
Unlike the Heron & Lo Scarabeo decks, the angel's face of the trump
XIIII(TEMPERANCE) is "entire", with every feature existing.
So, if these cards in Japan are indeed part of a Conver deck, they
should have been printed earlier than the two complete decks in Europe.