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Kagamisato
+ Reader Card1954 Yakyu/Sumo Karuta Set
Description: This is the set that got me back into collecting sumo menko even though it isn't a menko set, but rather a karuta set. On the sumo side of the cards are pictures of 44 riskishi (One for each letter of the Japanese Hiragana Alphabet) from late 1954 and on the baseball side are pictures of Japanese baseball players from the same era. The baseball side has about 20 Hall of Fame players! The baseball side is used to play a dice game and the sumo side is used to play karuta. For karuta, there is a corresponding reader card for all 44 rikishi and letters of the Hiragana Alphabet. Usually when you find these cards on the market, they don't have the corresponding reader cards with them as they typically have been lost. If you can find a complete set with all 88 cards it is definitely worth getting. These cards originally came in sheets and had to be separated by the buyer and consequently all cards that survive have perforation marks on them.
Company: Unknown Availability: Rikishi cards: Scarce, Reader cards: Rare
Card Size: 1.5" X 2.25" Card Material: Thin, Paper stock
# of Cards: 44 rikishi cards, 44 Reader Cards with 4 blank extras Packaging: Sheets
Key Cards: Any Yokozuna, Sekiwake Wakanohana, Komusubi Asashio
Front Design: A photo of the rikishi standing in their kesho-mawashi. Rank and Shikona is printed vertically on the right side of the card and a letter from the Japanese Hiragana alphabet is in the upper, right corner. The cards were printed with a purple ink.
Back Design: One of 44 popular Japanese baseball stars is on the back of every card. Cards are printed in color with either a blue or yellow border. The baseball players name/team/position and where he is right or left handed is below the picture. One of six possible baseball plays is at the very bottom and is used in a dice game.
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| Banzuke Checklist | Hiragana Checklist | ||||||
| Rank | Shikona | Hiragana Letter | Rank | Shikona | Hiragana Letter | ||
| Yokozuna | Chiyonoyama | Tsu | Maegashira | Terunobori | A | ||
| Yokozuna | Kagamisato | Ha | Maegashira | Kiryugawa | I | ||
| Yokozuna | Yoshibayama | To | Maegashira | Kotogahama | U | ||
| Yokozuna | Tochinishiki | Ho | Maegashira | Futatsuru | E | ||
| Ozeki | Mitsuneyama | Mo | Sekiwake | Wakanohana | O | ||
| Sekiwake | Wakanohana | O | Maegashira | Dewanishiki | Ka | ||
| Sekiwake | Ouchiyama | Ro | Maegashira | Annenyama | Ki | ||
| Sekiwake | Matsunobori | Fu | Maegashira | Wakabayama | Ku | ||
| Komusubi | Asashio | Ri | Maegashira | Narutoumo | Ke | ||
| Komusubi | Kitanonada | Ru | Maegashira | Wakamaeda | Ko | ||
| Komusubi | Hajimayama | Mi | Maegashira | Shinobuyama | Sa | ||
| Maegashira | Shinobuyama | Sa | Maegashira | Shimizugawa | Shi | ||
| Maegashira | Miyanishiki | Re | Maegashira | Tokitsuyama | Su | ||
| Maegashira | Otachi | Yo | Maegashira | Ohikari | Se | ||
| Maegashira | Shionishiki | Ne | Maegashira | Dewaminato | So | ||
| Maegashira | Dewanishiki | Ka | Maegashira | Kaminishiki | Ta | ||
| Maegashira | Kotogahama | U | Maegashira | Tsurugamine | Chi | ||
| Maegashira | Futatsuru | E | Yokozuna | Chiyonoyama | Tsu | ||
| Maegashira | Tamanoumi | Wa | Maegashira | Kiyoenami | Te | ||
| Maegashira | Onobori | Na | Yokozuna | Yoshibayama | To | ||
| Maegashira | Wakasegawa | Ma | Maegashira | Onobori | Na | ||
| Maegashira | Naruyama | Mu | Maegashira | Kuninobori | Ni | ||
| Maegashira | Shimizugawa | Shi | Maegashira | Daitenryu | Nu | ||
| Maegashira | Daitenryu | Nu | Maegashira | Shionishiki | Ne | ||
| Maegashira | Wakabayama | Ku | Maegashira | Yoshiyama | No | ||
| Maegashira | Kotonishiki | Ya | Yokozuna | Kagamisato | Ha | ||
| Maegashira | Tokitsuyama | Su | Maegashira | Orochigata | Hi | ||
| Maegashira | Kuninobori | Ni | Sekiwake | Matsunobori | Fu | ||
| Maegashira | Orochigata | Hi | Maegashira | Tsunenoyama | He | ||
| Maegashira | Dewaminato | So | Yokozuna | Tochinishiki | Ho | ||
| Maegashira | Annenyama | Ki | Maegashira | Wakasegawa | Ma | ||
| Maegashira | Terunobori | A | Komusubi | Hajimayama | Mi | ||
| Maegashira | Tsurugamine | Chi | Maegashira | Naruyama | Mu | ||
| Maegashira | Narutoumo | Ke | Maegashira | Futaseyama | Me | ||
| Maegashira | Shimanishiki | Ra | Ozeki | Mitsuneyama | Mo | ||
| Maegashira | Kaminishiki | Ta | Maegashira | Shimanishiki | Ra | ||
| Maegashira | Yoshiyama | No | Komusubi | Asashio | Ri | ||
| Maegashira | Tsunenoyama | He | Komusubi | Kitanonada | Ru | ||
| Maegashira | Wakamaeda | Ko | Maegashira | Miyanishiki | Re | ||
| Maegashira | Kiyoenami | Te | Sekiwake | Ouchiyama | Ro | ||
| Maegashira | Ohikari | Se | Maegashira | Kotonishiki | Ya | ||
| Maegashira | Futaseyama | Me | Juryo | Otayama | Yu | ||
| Maegashira | Kiryugawa | I | Maegashira | Otachi | Yo | ||
| Juryo | Otayama | Yu | Maegashira | Tamanoumi | Wa | ||