BB575

1957 Marusho Tawara Bromide 5 Set

    Description:  This is the black and white bromide version of the Tawara 5 set.  The "Tawara" series of menko produced by the Marusho Gangu Company are quite confusing as they made around 6 sets of cards between 1957 and 1965 with identical backs.  This particular set has the light green back and some menko from this set have blank backs.  There is no rank information on the front of the menko so it's a challenge to figure out what set they belong to.  One nice feature of the "Tawara" sets is they typically feature a lot of low ranking rikishi..

    Company: Marusho                                         Availability: Scarce

    Card Size: 1.75" X 3.0"                                   Card Material: Thin, Paper Stock

    # of Cards: 1+                                               Packaging: Taba

  Winner Stamp Description: Purple 1,2,3

   Front Design:  Black and white photo of rikishi with white shikona.

   Back Design:  The rikishi's statistics are printed vertically on the back with tawara on the top and left.  A Gu-Choki-Pa is on the bottom right with a 5 digit fighting number on the bottom.  Backs are printed in green ink.