BC592

1959 Maruo Uchu 7 Set

BC592-1, Type 1: Green Ink on Back

BC592-2, Type 2: Blue Ink on Back

BC592-3, Type 3: Purple Ink on Back

    Description:  This set is a fairly typical menko set of this era, however, there are some nice drawings of space themed items on the back giving an idea of what children were interested in in the late 1950's.  This set was printed right around the time of Sputnik and the manned US Mercury missions enveloping the world.  This set has a really rare card of Maegashira Hanenishiki since he never made it out of the really low Maegashira ranks and retired from sumo after being in the top division less than 3 years.  This is one of the last last known menko of Yokozuna Chiyonoyama as well!

    Company: Maruo                                  Availability: Scarce

    Card Size: 1.75" X 3.0"                       Card Material: Thin, Paper Stock

    # of Cards: 24+                                    Packaging: Taba and Sheets

   Winner Stamp Design: Large, Kanji printed vertically or small purple 1,2,3

   Front Design:  Most of the menko show the rikishi in various poses with the Shikona on the front printed vertically.

   Back Design:  All menko have a space drawing on them with the equivalent Japanese words along the top to match the picture.  Gu-Choki-Pa is in the upper right and a 7 digit fighting number along the bottom.  Menko backs are printed in blue or green ink.