Back in May of last year I posted about these sumo wrestling bromides calendar cards. The first one I picked up was of Komusubi Tamanoumi and I recently stumbled across this one of future Yokozuna Asashio shown as an ozeki. The good news is I can now nail down the year of these cards to about 1958. These cards are interesting and really hard to find as I have only run across these two in the 20 years of collecting. I thought they were originally from the 1960s or 1970s so I am now not sure what company Daiichi is or what services/products it provided. More to follow I am sure as I try and find a few more of these along the way. I hope everyone has an awesome week!
Is the card back a scorecard? I'm sure you've explained it before... but my memory is worse than Dory (from Finding Nemo).
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It’s a school schedule. Across the top is Monday through Saturday and along the left are periods 1-6. Pretty cool and definitely marketed for kids.
DeleteOh I see. Interesting. I think I remember you mentioning that before. Happy Friday buddy!
DeleteThat guy looks pretty ripped for a sumo.
ReplyDeleteHe is pretty buff in that picture. Not the larger type for sure.
DeleteNice card! The company is in the painting supply business.
ReplyDeleteThis is the location on Google Maps where their address (printed on the bottom of the card) indicates they were. No Daichi there now! https://www.google.co.jp/maps/place/3+Chome+Machiya,+Arakawa+City,+Tokyo+116-0001/@35.7473512,139.7819469,3a,75y,261.55h,85.35t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sdozuU3LyIKx2f_bB8sm2pw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DdozuU3LyIKx2f_bB8sm2pw%26cb_client%3Dsearch.gws-prod.gps%26w%3D86%26h%3D86%26yaw%3D175.1221%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x60188e72ad7e0897:0x1294e3aa0310b6a5!8m2!3d35.748202!4d139.7824618?hl=en&authuser=0
Cool, I think I looked at one time too and saw it wasn’t there. Thanks for the link!
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