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

Photo-and-border layout

A framed photo set slightly off-center with a patterned border running around the full edge of the card.

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Photo-and-border 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

nengajō design 3단계로 만들기

  1. 일

    이미지 설명하기

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  2. 이

    이미지 생성하기

    Morphic이 캔버스 위에 바로 게시할 이미지를 몇 초 만에 생성합니다.

  3. 삼

    다듬고 공유하기

    프롬프트를 조정해 다시 생성한 뒤, 원하는 이미지를 저장하거나 공유하세요.

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Basic

$19/ 월
청구 금액 $228 년

2400 월간 크레딧

1 명 전용

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Standard

$24/ 월
청구 금액 $288 년

3625 월간 크레딧

1 명 전용

모든 모델

워크플로

Pro

$45/ 월
청구 금액 $540 년

6350 공유 월간 크레딧

1 사용자

+ 최대 4 명 추가 비용으로 추가 가능

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Max

$170/ 월
청구 금액 $2040 년

24650 공유 월간 크레딧

1 사용자

+ 최대 9 명 추가 비용으로 추가 가능

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Enterprise

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가격 및 청구 조건

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Free

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$0

영구 무료

최대 20 크레딧
1명 전용
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자주 묻는 질문

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.