R392

1939 Rikishi 3 Set

    Description:  This is an interesting set by an unknown maker.  It is a beautifully done set with actual pictures of the rikishi's head superimposed on a drawing of the rikishi's body in his kesho-mawashi.  The colors are vivid and the red background looks really nice against the drawings.  This is a die-cut set, but it looks like they used either a generic die for each rikishi or it was a leftover die from another set...possibly a baseball set or an actor set.  This set also includes menko of gyoji and yobidashi....which are extremely hard to find in any menko set.  A nice set and these are really hard to find.

    Company: Unknown                                                 Availability: Extremely Rare

    Card Size: 1.50" x 3.0"                                            Card Material:  Thin, paper stock 

     # of Cards in set: 8+                                                Packaging: Sheets

    Winner Stamp Description: N/A 

    Front Design:  This set features a drawing of the rikishi in their kesho-mawashi.  This set also depicts gyoji and yobidashi in their uniforms.

   Back Design:  Rikishi's shikona is in big bold kanji vertically in the middle of the menko.  Weight is along the left side and height is along the right.  The rikishi's rank is above the shikona and at the very top is a 3 digit Fighting Number.  At the very bottom is a war themed word inside an oval.  Backs are printed in blue ink.