aloha, 
I just found out I have Serious Health Problems, 
so will be auctioning off all my Japanese cards,
a few per week, in the near future. 
mahalo, Frank


1948
JRM 23 (JRM-23)
'College / Pro' Baseball Menko Cards


Tetsuharu Kawakami
川上 哲治
HOFer
'The God of Hitting'


Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer

These Round Baseball Menko Cards were made in 1948.
This set is Catalogued as JRM 23 in the Japanese Baseball Card Catalog.
These 'College / Pro' JRM23 cards are Fairly Scarce.

This set includes University players from Hosei, Waseda, Rikkio, Keio, Meiji,
it also has Pro players as well.


Tetsuharu Kawakami 川上 哲治
is in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
Kawakami was a player from 1938-1958
He was a professional player for 18 years,
winning 5 batting titles, 2 home run crowns, 3 RBI titles
and had 6 titles for the most hits in a season.
He was the first player in Japanese pro baseball to achieve 2,000 hits
and was named the league's MVP 3 times
As Manager of the Yomiuri Giants from 1961 to 1974, he led the Giants to nine consecutive championships.


light to average wear
collector grade
1-15/16"


Great for the 'type card collector', or Japanese Card collector.... 
guaranteed authentic and unaltered.

~SHIPPING~

As of JULY 12, 2026 shipping went up 36%-43%.

It cost me $8.40 to send a small 3 oz USPS tracked envelope.


I need to charge for a part of this fee

so have a new $5 Shipping Charge on each auction item
(*if you win more than 1 item, extra shipping charges will be refunded). 

Mahalo