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Isawa sakai produces three or four distinct lines/strains of sanke. One is the classic 'cigar' shaped matsunosuke sanke. It's body is longer from the back of the head to the beginning of the dosal. The males and young females really show this very recognizable body shape. The beni is also a yellow type beni which often looks brownish red in certain lighting conditions. These koi , in the ideal, become very large and the impression left with the viewer is no longer one of a narrow, long fish but rather a massive fish. Momotaro has done great things building these bodies to a larger/wider finished individual. Personally I like Sakai's other line where the beni is more 'kohaku-like'. Having said that, I own several sakai and Shinataro fish ( all classic matsunosuke type) and in fact still own that Goromo from Isawa that placed in the All Japan. It is now a mature fish and the body is full. I'll try and post a current shot along side the show winning picture and you can see the change in a typical matsunosuke fish as they reach full maturity. She is all 'Matsunosuke'. JR
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