1960 Dou Busa 7 Set

    Description:  These menko are fairly hard to find on the market today, but most that do survive are in fairly good condition.  This set is a great example in the fact that kids would buy the menko in Taba form and then could win 15, 10 or 5 sheet combinations from a prize sheet if they received a winner stamp on the back of the menko.  This is one of the few sets that features Yokozuna Tochinishiki and Yokozuna Wakanohana on the same menko!  These two were the prime reason sumo saw such a boom in the 1950s and into the early 1960s. 

    Company: Dou                                                Availability: Scarce

    Card Size: 1.75" X 4.00"                                 Card Material: Thin, Paper Stock

    # of Cards: 19+                                                Packaging: Taba

   Key Cards:  Any Yokozuna

   Winner Stamp Description: Red circle with winning kanji inside.

   Front Design:  Most of the menko show the Rikishi in various poses on solid color background.  Shikona is vertical in block print. 

   Back Design:  Rikishi's shikona appears horizontally in the middle of the menko.  Underneat the shikona are the rikishi's height, weight, name and birthplace.  Part of the shinto roof that covers the dohyo is depicted at the top of the menko and a 7 digit Fighting Number is along the bottom.  A Gu-Choki-Pa is in the bottom left corner of all the menko.

 

Asashio
Banzuke Checklist     Numerical Checklist
Rank Shikona Fighting  #     Rank Shikona Fighting #
Yokozuna Asashio 5277435     Yokozuna Wakanohana-Yellow 5777425
Yokozuna Asashio/Tamanoumi(M) 5388599     Ozeki Kotogahama/Wakamaeda(M) 5722674
Yokozuna Wakanohana-Green 5388586     Komusubi Tochihikari/Kitanonada 5722674
Yokozuna Wakanohana-Yellow 5777425     Yokozuna Wakanohana-Grey 5622674
Yokozuna Wakanohana-Grey 5622674     Ozeki Wakahaguro 5577425
Yokozuna Wakanohana/Tochinishiki 5377425     Yokozuna Asashio/Tamanoumi(M) 5388599
Yokozuna Tochinishiki/Wakamisugi(M) 5152674     Yokozuna Wakanohana-Green 5388586
Ozeki Kotogahama/Wakamaeda(M) 5722674     Yokozuna Wakanohana/Tochinishiki 5377425
Ozeki Wakahaguro 5577425     Maegashira Wakachichibu 5368596
Sekiwake Kitabayama 5277424     Sekiwake Kitabayama/Ohikari(M) 5328596
Sekiwake Kitabayama/Ohikari(M) 5328596     Komusubi Tochihikari/Annenyama(M) 5277455
Sekiwake Kashiwado 5277428     Yokozuna Asashio 5277435
Komusubi Tochihikari/Kitanonada 5722674     Sekiwake Kashiwado 5277428
Komusubi Tochihikari/Annenyama(M) 5277455     Sekiwake Kitabayama 5277424
Maegashira Wakachichibu 5368596     Maegashira Tamanoumi 5276425
Maegashira Fusanishiki 5122574     Maegashira Wakamaeda 5257425
Maegashira Tamanoumi 5276425     Yokozuna Tochinishiki/Wakamisugi(M) 5152674
Maegashira Tsurugamine 4277425     Maegashira Fusanishiki 5122574
Maegashira Wakamaeda 5257425     Maegashira Tsurugamine 4277425