Menko is a popular card game in Japan and the cards which make up the game on this sheet include a regular card deck of 52 cards, each featuring an image of a popular Japanese professional ballplayer and the Joker, which of course featured the artful image of Ruth. This uncut sheet has been mindfully framed with Smithsonian conservation framing techniques, with no tapes or adhesives used on the sheet whatsoever to protect it's superb condition and collectible integrity.