1958 Dou Kiku Bromide 7 Set

    Description:  This was a very popular set from 1958.  Menko from this set came in sheets that had to be cut by the children when they bought them and it's difficult to find cards in good condition as they were heavily used and handcut.  There are three variants of this set: a purple back, brown back and blue back.  All sets were made in the same year and the blue and brown sets use the same photos on the front, but there are some minor fighting number variations on the back of the menko.  The purple set is a bromide set.  This was the first year Wakanohana was Yokozuna and the last year Chiyonoyama was Yokozuna before he retired.

    Company: Dou                                             Availability: Common

    Size: 2.0" X 4.00"                                          Card Material:  Thin, Paper Stock

    # of Cards: 9+                                               Packaging: Sheet

   Key Cards:  Any Yokozuna

   Winner Stamp Description:  Unknown

   Front Design:  Most of the menko show the Rikishi in various poses or action shots against a solid color background.  Rikishi's shikona is on the front vertically.  Shikona is printed in a calligraphy style kanji vs a block style kanji used fo the Blue set.

   Back Design:  The Rikishi's shikona appears on the left side with his statistics in the middle.  Part of the doyho's tsuriyane is depicted at the top with a chrysanthemum flower and a fusa.  Backs come are in purple ink.

Annenyama
Banzuke Checklist					Numerical Checklist
Rank	Shikona	Fighting  #			Rank	Shikona	Fighting #
Yokozuna	Tochinishiki	1826589			Yokozuna	Tochinishiki	1826589
Ozeki					Sekiwake	Annenyama	Unknown
Sekiwake	Annenyama	Unknown
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