1958 Dou Kiku Brown 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 that's used on 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 brown ink.

Wakanohana
Banzuke Checklist					Numerical Checklist
Rank	Shikona	Fighting  #			Rank	Shikona	Fighting #
Yokozuna	Chiyonoyama	5906218			Maegashira	Araiwa	9602417
Yokozuna	Wakanohana	4513486			Yokozuna	Yoshibayama	9575868
Yokozuna	Yoshibayama	9575868			Ozeki	Asashio-Purple	8561943
Yokozuna	Yoshibayama	2681824			Maegashira	Wakabayama	6320275
Ozeki	Asashio-Blue	3852313			Yokozuna	Chiyonoyama	5906218
Ozeki	Asashio-Purple	8561943			Maegashira	Tokitsuyama-Yellow	5575458
Sekiwake	Wakahaguro	1211973			Maegashira	Mitsuneyama	4517785
Komusubi					Yokozuna	Wakanohana	4513486
Maegashira	Araiwa	9602417			Ozeki	Asashio-Blue	3852313
Maegashira	Wakabayama	6320275			Maegashira	Naruyama	3237126
Maegashira	Mitsuneyama	4517785			Yokozuna	Yoshibayama	2681824
Maegashira	Naruyama	3237126			Maegashira	Tokitsuyama-Blue	1475391
Maegashira	Tokitsuyama	1475391-Blue			Sekiwake	Wakahaguro	1211973
Maegashira	Tokitsuyama	5575458-Yellow