R561

1956 Hanagata Rikishi 0 Set

    Description:  This is a nice Rikishi Series set from 1956.  Nice hand drawn pictures of the rikishi in their kesho-mawashi.  What I like about this set is it has furigana next to all the kanji and so all the Japanese is fairly easy to read if you can read hiragana.  These menko came in sheets and kids would pop them out themselves although the die cut wasn't intended to follow the rikishi's body precisely it does a fairly good job.  

    Company: Unknown                                    Availability: Extremely Rare

    Card Size: 1.75" X 2.5"                             Card Material: Thick, Paper Stock

    # of Cards: 16+                                            Packaging:  Sheet

   Winner Stamp Description:  Unknown

   Front Design:  Rikishi are shown in their kesho mawashi.  Yokozuna have a purple background and all others have an orange background.

     Back Design:  Shikona is in the middle with rank above that.  To the right is the rikishi's height and to the left is the rikishi's weight.  Gu-Choki-Pa mark is in the upper right corner, the rikishi's birth prefecture is in the upper left and at the bottom is the rikishi's heya.  Backs are printed in a dark pink ink.