1958 Shigeo Nagashima RC visual catalogue
 

Here's a bit of eye candy of some Japanese menko cards. I decided to try to catalogue all of Shigeo Nagashima's 1958 rookie cards. Some context - Shiegeo Nagashima, "Mr. Giants," is arguably the most popular player in NPB history, and many view him as the greatest player in Japanese baseball. He famously hit a homerun to win the game that was the first game ever that the emperor of Japan had visited. He also formed half of the famous O-N team with Sadaharu Oh batting 3rd and Nagashima batting 4th in the lineup, to great success. He earned MVP 5 times, and one of the "Best Nine" awards each year that he played. His number 3 jersey was retired, and he was put in their Hall of Fame in 1988.

So here's my new blog, featuring over 250 of his rookie cards!!
https://nagashimarookiecards.blogspot.com/

And in this process, I was able to add some more uncatalogued cards to the list. This runs the gamut of what you can find in Japanese menko:
- round discs
- early tobacco sized menko
- later menko
- photo bromides
- candy inserts
- game inserts

If you are a collector, feel free to share any card images that I've missed!
https://i.ibb.co/qpJMktb/Nagashima.jpg

Looks like a cool new project!

Awesome project, Nagashima is one of my favorites.

Awesome Stuff!

And talk about a blog with a very specific focus - not just exclusively about one player but exclusively about his rookie cards!

Yeah, I'm not using them as "blogs" per se. But as locations to visually collect masses of pictures of baseball cards to make helpful databases. So far I also have:

Sadaharu Oh Calbee Cards
https://sadaharuohcalbeecards.blogspot.com/

Uncatalogued Menko Cards
https://japanesemenkoarchive.blogspot.com/