1954 Sanenchu Ao 6 Set

    Description:  A nice 1954 set with many big name rikishi.  The drawings of the rikishi are done well and the colors used in the printing process are nice and vivid.  This set has an early Sekiwake menko of future Yokozuna Wakanohana.  There is a sister set to this, 1954 Sanenchu Murasaki 6 Set, that is identical except that the front borders are solid white and the backs are printed in a purple ink.

    Company: Unknown                                           Availability: Scarce

    Card Size: 1.5" X 3.0"                                        Card Material: Thin, Paper stock

     # of Cards: 6+                                                    Packaging: Taba

   Key Cards:  Any Yokozuna

   Winner Stamp Description:  Unknown

   Front Design:  Various poses of the rikishi are used.  All pictures are hand drawn and the rikishi's shikona appears on the front either vertically or horizontally.  Typical colors used are red, blue, green and yellow. The borders are a red and yellow dash design.

   Back Design:  The back of the menko is divided into three columns.  Rikishi's shikona appears in the top of the right column.  Below that in the right column is the rikishi's height and weight.  In the middle column is the rikishi's shikona and a Gu-Choki-Pa Mark.  In the right column is a 6 digit Fighting Number as well as some sort of war themed word.  Backs are printed in an aqua blue ink, but some menko are printed in a darker blue.

Banzuke Checklist						Numerical Checklist
Rank	Shikona	Fighting  #	Front	Back		Rank	Shikona	Fighting #
Yokozuna	Kagamisato	327510				Maegashira	Matsunobori	875416
						Ozeki	Mitsuneyama	825471
						Yokozuna	Chiyonoyama	711115
						Sekiwake	Wakanohana	650442
						Yokozuna	Kagamisato	327510
Yokozuna	Chiyonoyama	711115
Ozeki	Mitsuneyama	825471
Sekiwake	Wakanohana	650442
Komusubi
Maegashira	Matsunobori	875416