Gallery
This is the art of the Janken Deck. The face cards represent real kings and queens from different parts of the world. Scroll down to see who's who!
Click on the buttons to the right for more art by Jeff Daymont
Rock
King: Xerxes of Persia
Queen: Queen Rani Durgavati of India
Jack: Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire
Joker: Storyteller Nasreddin Hodja
Paper
King: Mansa Musa I of Mali
Queen: Nefertiti of Egypt
Jack: Hannibal Barca of Carthage
Joker: African Trickster god Eshu
Scissors
King: Aztec King Moctezuma II
Queen: Mayan Queen Tz’aakb’u Ahau (The Red Queen)
Jack: North America’s Chief Sitting Bull
Joker: Raven, Trickster Spirit of the Pacific NorthWest
Water
King: King Kamehameha of Hawaii
Queen: Pōmare IV of Tahiti
Jack: King George Tupou I of Tonga
Joker: Pacific Trickster Demigod Maui
Lizard
King: Qin Shihuang of China
Queen: Empress Myeongseong of Korea (Queen Min)
Jack: Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan
Joker: China’s Sun Wukong, the Monkey King
A mural I created to support the mobile app for Janken Solitaire