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I have four Izawa matsunosuke nisai sanke - future breeding stock. They are definitely a different sort of koi, both in conformation and behavior. I liked them until today.
Since koi are art, the fish's head and back are sort of like a canvas. The object of the game is to get a nice white canvas and paint an attractive red and black pattern on it. Matsunosuke are long narrow canvases. Older lines are somewhat shorter and wider. A long narrow canvas will restrict the artistic expression. Imagine if the canvas had the length:width ratio of a pencil. About all you could do is paint a few bold stripes - there is not room for much else.
Are matsunosuke destined to have a less interesting patterns because they are narrower canvases?
-stev eho
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