1954 Caricature 7 Set

    Description:  A nice early 1950's menko set with menko printed on thick paper stock.  This set is unique in the fact that it depicts the rikishi with caricature or cartoonish drawings.  Many of the famous rikishi of the time are featured in this set.  It has one of the last known Yokozuna Azumafuji menko as well as Yokozuna Yoshibayama's first ever menko!  This set also has the only know menko of Maegashira Yoshidagawa...a low ranking rikishi who spent a few years in the low Maegashira ranks.

    Company: Asahi                                                 Availability: Rare

    Card Size: 1.25" X 2.5"                                      Card Material: Thick, Paper stock

     # of Cards: 14+                                                  Packaging: Taba

   Key Cards:  Yokozuna Azumafuji, Yokozuna Yoshibayama

   Winner Stamp Description:  Unknown

   Front Design:  Rikishi are drawn in caricature.  Each menko shows a close-up portrait of the rikishi or in various stages of a particular kimarite.  Rikishi's shikona appears on front.

   Back Design:  The back of the menko is divided into three columns.  Rikishi's shikona appears in the middle with height and place of birth on the right side.  Weight information is on the left side.  There is no Gu-Choki-Pa mark on these menko, but a 7 digit fighting number appears on the bottom and the rikishi's rank appears along the top.  Menko backs are printed in a brown or aqua blue ink.

Azumafuji
Banzuke Checklist					Numerical Checklist
Rank	Shikona	Fighting  #			Rank	Shikona	Fighting #
Yokozuna	Yoshibayama	8701507			Maegashira	Nayoroiwa	9074030
Yokozuna	Azumafuji	2009091			Yokozuna	Yoshibayama	8701507
Yokozuna	Chiyonoyama	1875402			Maegashira	Otachi	7524050
Ozeki	Tochinishiki	754027			Maegashira	Hajimayama	6770030
Ozeki	Mitsuneyama	3015307			Komusubi	Asashio	5420750
Sekiwake	Wakanohana	3201705			Maegashira	Naruyama	5054029
Komusubi	Asashio	5420750			Maegashira	Yoshidagawa	3424790
Komusubi	Kuninobori	3254780			Komusubi	Kuninobori	3254780
Maegashira	Naruyama	5054029			Maegashira	Shimizugawa	3217050
Maegashira	Shimizugawa	3217050			Sekiwake	Wakanohana	3201705
Maegashira	Hajimayama	6770030			Ozeki	Mitsuneyama	3015307
Maegashira	Otachi	7524050			Yokozuna	Azumafuji	2009091
Maegashira	Nayoroiwa	9074030			Yokozuna	Chiyonoyama	1875402
Maegashira	Yoshidagawa	3424790			Ozeki	Tochinishiki	754027