BC641

1964 Marusho Tawara 5 Set

BC641-1, Type 1: Blue Ink on Back

BC641-2, Type 2: Red Ink on Back

BC641-3, Type 3: Grey Ink on Back

    Description:  This is one of the newest menko sets that I know of and was printed at the end of the sumo menko era.  The "Tawara" series of menko produced by the Marushyou Gangu Company are quite confusing as they made around 6 sets of cards between 1957 and 1964 with identical backs.  This particular set has a grey back and has really good production quality.  The colors are vivid and crisp.  There is no rank information on the front of the menko so it's a challenge to figure out what set they belong to.  One nice feature of the "Tawara" sets is they typically feature a lot of low ranking rikishi. 

    Company: Marusho                                      Availability: Rare

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

    # of Cards: 6+                                               Packaging: Sheets

  Winner Stamp Description: Unknown

   Front Design:  Most of the menko show the rikishi standing in their kesho mawashi.  Shikona is vertical.

   Back Design:  The rikishi's statistics are printed vertically on the back with tawara on the top and left.  A Gu-Choki-Pa is on the bottom right with a 5 digit fighting number on the bottom.