JCM 143 cards are incredibly rare. Japanese Baseball Cards Checklist & Price Guide, Vintage Edition 3.0 has assigned a scarcity factor of R5 to the set, indicating that five or fewer copies of each card are known to exist. The bookmark style cards have a form on the back which may be used by a student to fill out his or her class schedule.

After graduation from Hosei U., Nobuo Kura, a catcher, played for the All Japan team that faced Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, etc. during the 1934 U.S. Major League All Star Tour of Japan. He then toured the U.S. in 1935 with the Dai Nippon Club, later to become the Yomiuri Giants. He went on to play in Japan Pro Baseball before injuring his shoulder and becoming an umpire. He was drafted into the Japanese military in 1944 and was killed at the battle of Okinawa in 1945.

Size: 1 1/2" x 5 1/4"

Condition: Fair to Good