M5617

1956 Waku 6 Set

    Description:  Not much is known about this set.  Menko show the rikishi in their kesho mawashi surrounded by an oval frame with different patterns.  This set seems to contain many of the popular rikishi of the era.

    Company: Unknown                                         Availability: Rare

    Card Size: 1.5" X 2.75"                                     Card Material:  Thick, paper stock

     # of Cards: 2+                                                  Packaging: Taba

   Winner Stamp Description:  Unknown

   Front Design:  Rikishi are standing in their kesho-mawashi.  Shikona is printed inside the oval frame in either yellow or black ink.  The outer frame is printed in green and has different designs drawn on it.  The inside of the oval frame is a red background.

   Back Design:  The back is surrounded by a dashed border.  A Gu-Choki-Pa mark appears in the upper right of the menko.  In the top middle is the rikishi's rank printed vertically and under that is his shikona.  Along the left and right sides is the rikishi's weight and height and along the bottom ins a 6 digit fighting word.  Backs are printed in a brown ink.