Nengajō (Japanese New Year card) design ideas for 2027

Nengajō are the postcards exchanged across Japan every New Year, traditionally timed to land in mailboxes on January 1st and carrying a short greeting alongside that year's zodiac animal. Design one in Morphic by naming the layout, the motif, and the palette you want, from a washi-paper rising-sun card to a minimal typographic one, and 2027 brings the Year of the Sheep, so wool texture and pastoral motifs sit naturally alongside the usual pine, bamboo, and crane imagery.

Design a nengajō, Japan's New Year's greeting postcard, in the Image tool on Morphic by describing the style you want for 2027, the Year of the Sheep. Choose a traditional washi-paper look, a clean minimal layout, or a photo-led card, then generate options and download artwork sized to print and mail.

Nengajō styles you can design

Nengajō layouts you can compose

Centered greeting layout

A balanced card with a short greeting centered in calligraphy-style type, a thin border, and a single motif anchoring the bottom corner.

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Centered greeting layout

Top banner layout

A card with a motif band running across the top third and the greeting text sitting in the open space below it.

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Top banner layout

Side-column layout

A narrow decorative column of motifs running down one side of the card with the greeting and open space filling the rest.

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Side-column layout

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Basic

$19/ شهر
تُفوتر باعتبارها $228 سنوياً

2400 شهرياً أرصدة

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Standard

$24/ شهر
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3625 شهرياً أرصدة

1 مستخدم فقط

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Pro

$45/ شهر
تُفوتر باعتبارها $540 سنوياً

6350 مشترك شهرياً أرصدة

1 مستخدم

+ حتى 4 المزيد بتكلفة إضافية

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$170/ شهر
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24650 مشترك شهرياً أرصدة

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الأسئلة الشائعة

What is a nengajō?
A nengajō is a New Year's greeting postcard sent across Japan, traditionally timed to arrive in mailboxes on January 1st. It carries a short greeting and usually that year's zodiac animal alongside motifs like the rising sun, pine, bamboo, or a crane.
How do I design a nengajō in Morphic?
Open the Image tool on Morphic and describe the layout you want: the style, the motif, the palette, and how much open space you need for a greeting. Morphic generates several card designs to compare, and you refine the prompt until the layout and colors land.
What does 2027 being the Year of the Sheep mean for the design?
2027 is 未年 (hitsujidoshi), the Year of the Sheep in the twelve-animal Japanese zodiac that cycles through nengajō art every year. A 2027 card can work sheep and wool-texture motifs in alongside the usual pine, bamboo, and sunrise imagery, generic and seasonal rather than tied to any character design.
What's the difference between a traditional and a minimal nengajō design?
A traditional design uses a textured paper background, a rising sun or pine motif, and a warm red-and-gold palette. A minimal design strips that back to a plain background, one small motif, and a lot of open space, which reads cleaner on screen and leaves more room for the greeting text.
Can I put a photo on a nengajō?
Yes. A photo-in-frame layout sets a family or personal photo inside a simple border, usually with one small seasonal motif in a corner rather than covering the whole card, so the photo stays the focal point.
What should I write in a prompt for a nengajō design?
Name four things: the style, the motif, the palette, and how much open space you need. "Japanese New Year greeting card, rising sun motif, pine and bamboo border, warm gold and crimson palette, open space for a greeting" gives Morphic everything it needs to generate a usable layout.