M5616

1956 Tsuriyane 7-8-9 Set

M5616-1, Type 1: Blue Ink on Back

M5616-2, Type 2: Grey Ink on Back

    Description:  Cards were bundled together and then sold in boxes to toy shops.  Kids could purchase packs of these cards for a few yen.  Most cards on the market are in very good condition with nice, sharp corners and straight edges.  These cards have good coloring and are on nice, heavy paper stock.  This is one of the smallest menko sets known.  A typical set of the mid 1950s with the 4 Yokozuna and other popular Rikishi of the time.  This set features future Yokozuna great, Wakanohana I's, first ever Ozeki menko! 

    Company: Unknown                                        Availability: Common

    Card Size: 1.0" X 2.0"                                    Card Material: Thick, Paper Stock

     # of Cards: 15+                                               Packaging: Box

   Winner Stamp Description: Uknown

   Front Design:  Most of the menko show the rikishi in various poses or portraits on a background with random colored designs. 

   Back Design:  The rikishi's shikona appears vertically under a roof designed to represent the roof over a sumo wrestling dohyo.  The rikishi's rank appears above the roof and the age and height/weight info are on both sides of the shikona.