Japanese Menko Never-ending ID Thread...

seanofjapan · #1 08-06-2023, 08:17 PM

Oh that is a beautiful Mifune.

Unfortunately I can't put a date on it (but would agree with the "1950s" ballpark). With non-sports menko its almost impossible to narrow it down. With the baseball sets they were able to do it by the teams players were depicted with, but its hard to do the same thing with non-sports ones (which also don't have a catalogue yet).

The text on it says "Shichinin no Samurai", the Japanese title for Seven Samurai, so it would have to date to after 1954 (and might be close to that year since they usually made menko based on whatever was popular at the time).

Peter_Spaeth · #2 08-06-2023, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seanofjapan

Oh that is a beautiful Mifune.

Unfortunately I can't put a date on it (but would agree with the "1950s" ballpark). With non-sports menko its almost impossible to narrow it down. With the baseball sets they were able to do it by the teams players were depicted with, but its hard to do the same thing with non-sports ones (which also don't have a catalogue yet).

The text on it says "Shichinin no Samurai", the Japanese title for Seven Samurai, so it would have to date to after 1954 (and might be close to that year since they usually made menko based on whatever was popular at the time).

Many thanks. I bought it from a Japanese seller but they weren't sure of the date. An actor who may never get his due.

seanofjapan · #3 08-06-2023, 08:55 PM

Agreed that he doesn't get his due!

Exhibitman · #4 08-07-2023, 04:59 PM

Some I am trying to ID

jjbond · #5 08-07-2023, 08:38 PM

Thanks for the help! I've gone through another large pile of Menkos, and again had trouble with a number from this JCM12 set. (But I did figure out a dozen or so on my own!)

Any help with these?
Group 1:

Group 2:

Group 3 (this one is more fun - the playing card looks familiar, but I can't place it)

seanofjapan · #6 08-07-2023, 09:53 PM

jjbond:

In Group 2 you've got Mike Solomko on the left, and in Group 3 you've got Hidefumi Kawamura (Hiroshima) on the left and on that four player card I recognize Tadashi Sugiura (Hall of Fame pitcher for the Hawks) on the lower left.

Its a bit hard to read the kanji on the other ones without higher resolution scans.

Adam:

For sumo cards you should contact Ryan Laughton (AKA Sumomenkoman) who wrote the guide on them (and is a great guy). He has a blog here: https://sumocards.blogspot.com/

jjbond · #7 08-07-2023, 11:11 PM

Thanks - I posted bigger pics, but if needed I'll try to get better lighting. (some of those cards seem to like printing black text on almost-black background...).
Still can't find that first card in group 3 (you say is Hidefumi Kawamura w/ 906381 back) in the JCM14 sets....

Adam - the baseball one looks like JCM119: 1950 Maruman - Noboru Aota

Exhibitman · #8 08-08-2023, 07:45 AM

Thanks

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