Currently adding wrestler names and set designations. Some will be listed as "Unc." or "Uncataloged" until I can figure what set they are from or if they are in fact cataloged at all. Many more images to be uploaded in the coming months. Stay tuned.
Date(s): September 2, 2026. Album by VintageYakyu. Photos by VintageYakyu. 1 - 24 of 36 Total. 148 Visits.
1 Pre-WWII Mitsumara Co. Ltd., Tokyo postcard - Possibly Shotaro Shakagatake, real name Shotaro Kawabata (formerly Tomizuka). He was the 8th Yamahibiki. His highest rank was West Maegashira 3.
* Purchased from a bookseller based in Germany. Glossy surface on front and reverse. Embossed, ornate border around deep color picture of wrestler. Uncatalogued?
2 Pre-WWII Mitsumara Co. Ltd., Tokyo postcard - Possibly Shotaro Shakagatake, real name Shotaro Kawabata (formerly Tomizuka). He was the 8th Yamahibiki. His highest rank was West Maegashira 3.
*Reverse
3 Nearly identical postcard of the previous one except this is in black & white and lacks any gloss or design. Same subject depicted.
* I don't own this example. It was found during an online search with no accompanying subject, manufacturer, or set identification. Possibly uncatalogued as well?
7 Asashio Taro III box cutter pocketknife (reverse)
8 1954 H541 Maruta Renga - Chiyonoyama Masanobu
9 1954 H541 Maruta Renga - Wakamaeda Eiichiro
10 1954 H541 Maruta Renga - Tochinishiki Kiyotaka
11 1954 H541 Maruta Renga - Matsunobori Shigeo
12 Naruyama Akira
13 Miyanishiki Hiroshi
14 Kotogahama Sadao
15 Shinobuyama Harusada
16 Unknown
* The seller I purchased this from identified the subject as "Kuganishiki Tanpei", but I believe that to be incorrect. I have been unable to decipher the handwritten kanji characters nor made a positive photo match with Tanpei or any other sumo wrestler.
