With a sport as ancient as sumo, trading cards aren't the first things that spring to mind when you think of memorabilia.
A person could be forgiven for assuming that if such cards existed, they must be just a recent concession to western tastes.
The reality however is quite different. Sumo cards in various forms have been around since the 1800s (and even a century earlier if you count clay and lead versions).
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