1932 Rikishi 5 Set
Description: This is a very early menko set and the first with individually hand-drawn kesho-mawashi. This set is one of the first of about a dozen or so "human" sets produced in the 1930's and early 1940s. This style of sets was common during this decade and fortunately leads to easy identification of the year each was produced. These sets are different than the similar "human" ones produced in the mid 1950's in the fact that the faces of the rikishi are drawn in these instead of a photo superimposed over the body. This set was produced right around the time of the Shunjuen Incident and so the set doesn't align to any particular banzuke and ranks span the course of a year from late 1931 to 1932.
Company: Unknown Availability: Extremely Rare
Card Size: 1.1" x 2.4" Card Material: Thick, paper stock
# of Cards in set: 8+ Packaging: Sheets
Key Cards:
Front Design: This set features a drawing of the Rikishi in their Kesho-Mawashi.
Back Design: Rikishi's shikona is in big bold kanji in the middle of the menko with the rikishi's rank above this. To the right of the shikona in small kanji is a war themed word and to the left of the shikona is the rikishi's weight. A 5 digit Fighting Number is along the bottom inside of a rectangle which has rounded ends. No Gu-Cho-Pa mark appears on the menko. Backs are printed in a navy blue ink.
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| Rank | Shikona | Fighting # |
Front |
Back |
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| Yokozuna | Ozeki | Shimizugawa | 91175 | |||||
| Maegashira | Hatasegawa | 71700 | ||||||
| Maegashira | Taikyuzan | 67815 | ||||||
| Maegashira | Otakayama | 50041 | ||||||
| Maegashira | Tamaikari | 50041 | ||||||
| Maegashira | Ryogoku | 47915 | ||||||
| Maegashira | Asahigawa | 11159 | ||||||
| Ozeki | Shimizugawa - Design 1 | 91175 |
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| Ozeki | Shimizugawa - Design 2 | 91175 |
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| Maegashira | Tamaikari | 50041 |
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| Maegashira | Hatasegawa | 71700 |
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| Maegashira | Taikyuzan | 67815 |
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| Maegashira | Asahigawa | 11159 |
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| Maegashira | Otakayama | 50041 |
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| Maegashira | Ryogoku | 47915 |
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