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Japanese Baseball Cards: Uniforms Japanese Baseball Jersey, Vintage Baseball Uniforms, Basketball Tshirt Designs, Japanese Baseball, Baseball Pictures, Basketball Camp, Baseball Uniforms, Giants Baseball, Baseball Memorabilia

There was an interesting question posed on one of the Japanese Baseball forums the other day - Why do Japanese uniforms have English letters rather than Japanese characters? Michael Westbay suggested that it had something to do with a backlash against the "Imperial Charter" that forbid the use of English on baseball uniforms during the war. I think it's a bit more complicated than that. I wrote a response to Mr. Westbay's comment but I don't know if he'll publish it or not. I'll repeat what…

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japanese baseball cards - Google Search Menko Cards, Japan Baseball, Japanese Baseball, Old Baseball Cards, Baseball Photography, Matchbook Art, Baseball Birthday Party, Baseball Pictures, Baseball Print

About a month ago, I introduced you to one of the earliest types of Japanese cards, the Bromides. While Bromides were essentially simple black and white or colorized cards, similar to many early American baseball issues, menko cards have a distinction which makes them unique to Japanese culture. Menko is a Japanese game with two or more players. One player places his card on the ground, and the other tries to flip it by throwing another card at it. If the flipper is successful, he takes both…

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Japanese Baseball Cards: Unknown Cards Vintage Baseball Cards, Japan Baseball, Japanese Baseball, Americana Aesthetic, Match Boxes, Baseball Art, Baseball Pictures, Baseball Trading Cards, Japanese American

I've picked up some more menko cards in the past few months that appear to not be cataloged in Gary Engel's "Japanese Baseball Cards Checklist And Price Guide".* *I do need to mention that Gary Engel took a look at some of the cards I've posted and confirmed that the Shigeru Fujio card I have is a previously unknown card from the 1961 Marumatsu JCM 14d set. UPDATE - I received an email from Gary Engel today (12/14) with his comments on the cards. I'll add them to each of the paragraphs…

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