This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/7/2024
[JAPANESE BASEBALL]. Menko Game Board, Complete with All Pieces, Including Eight Baseball Players. [Japan, ca. 1950s]. Colorful and fanciful game board (20 ½ x 15”) mounted onto later mount with 16 round game pieces - eight of which feature baseball players. Some creasing, wear, occasional soiling to board, pieces are affixed to board by later tape. Good. Charming. Players include: Nakahara, Oshita, Kawasaki, Wakabayashi, Nakatani, Bessho, Fujimura, and Oshita. Other characters on the board or pieces include Tarzan, a swimmer, various cartoon characters (two appear to be based on Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck). Game pieces have a “rock, paper, scissors” motifs. An unusual item. From the Mark Rucker Collection.