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You remind me of myself a few years back. Always reading and studying.
I enjoyed your interest in the two favorite koi types of mine. Matsukawabake and asagi.
for those who would like a "rough" translation of the word matsukawbake
matsu is pine, kawa is river,bake is changeable or variable. It was used to discribe the koi that was bred in a villiage in a pine forest next to the river that changed it's pattern.
As in all koi, bloodlines and patterns change or evolve with public tastes.
our showa as we know it evolved from tetsu magoi, from which higoi were discovered and aka bekko and ki utsuri were refined. this led to shiro and hi utsuri and eventually mr kobayashi added the kohaku red and began today's beginnings of modern showa.
matsukawabake was developed from the asagi magoi line from which
the konjo asagi and various black and white koi developed like karasugoi,hajiro, hageshiro etc
The asagi sanshoku sounds intrigueing. I always liked goshiki sanke when that variety was developed and felt sorry it's popularity dropped.
On a stormy night, it's fun to loose yourself in the history of the hobby you love. A lot of people now breed koi around the world and appreciate the beauty they bring to our lives, but a great debt of gratitude is owed to the farmers who upon noticing something different developed something new from it and stabilized the pattern. from such humble begiinings......
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