1937 Rikishi 4-5 Set
Description: This is one of about a dozen or so "human" sets produced in the 1930's. 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 has a nice rare Yokozuna menko of Tamanishiki and an Ozeki menko of Futabayama! Menko came in perforated sheets and children had to "pop" them out after they bought them.
Company: Unknown Availability: Rare
Card Size: 1.25" x 2.5" Card Material: Thin, paper stock
# of Cards in set: 18+ Packaging: Sheets
Key Cards: Any Yokozuna
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. Weight is printed to the left of the shikona and the rikishi's hometown is printed in the upper left corner. In the upper right corner is a small gunbai with war themed words inside. A 4 digit Fighting Number is along the bottom in a dark box.
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| Rank | Shikona | Fighting # | Front | Back | Rank | Shikona | Fighting # | |
| Yokozuna | Tamanishiki | 13421 |
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Yokozuna | Tamanishiki | 13421 | |
| Ozeki | Futabayama | 9999 | ||||||
| Ozeki | Tenryu | 9754 | ||||||
| Komusubi | Kagamiiwa | 8976 | ||||||
| Sekiwake | Shinkai | 8724 | ||||||
| Maegashira | Kasagiyama | 7823 | ||||||
| Ozeki | Kagamiiwa | 7770 | ||||||
| Maegashira | Banjaku | 7050 | ||||||
| Sekiwake | Asahikawa | 5209 | ||||||
| Ozeki | Kagamiiwa | 7770 |
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Maegashira | Ooshio | 5130 | |
| Maegashira | Ayagawa | 4951 | ||||||
| Maegashira | Noshirogata | 4107 | ||||||
| Maegashira | Taikyuzan | 3425 | ||||||
| Maegashira | Kaikouzan | 3299 | ||||||
| Komusubi | Katsuragawa | 3250 | ||||||
| Maegashira | Tominoyama | 2970 | ||||||
| Maegashira | Matsumaeyama | 2910 | ||||||
| Maegashira | Kinkazan | 1156 | ||||||
| Ozeki | Futabayama | 9999 |
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| Ozeki | Tenryu | 9754 |
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| Sekiwake | Shinkai | 8724 |
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| Sekiwake | Asahigawa | 5209 |
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| Komusubi | ???iwa | 8976 |
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| Komusubi | Katsuragawa | 3250 |
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| Maegashira | Ooshio | 5130 |
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| Maegashira | Kasagiyama | 7823 |
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| Maegashira | Kinkazan | 1156 |
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| Maegashira | Matsumaeyama | 2910 |
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| Maegashira | Noshirogata | 4107 |
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| Maegashira | Banjaku | 7050 |
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| Maegashira | Tominoyama | 2970 |
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| Maegashira | Taikyuzan | 3425 |
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| Maegashira | Kaikozan | 3299 |
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| Maegashira | Ayagawa | 4951 |
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