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you ask some difficult questions but i hate to see a thread go unanswered...so I'll try.
Originally showa had second class black until recently when today's modern breeders began incorporating the blue black of sanke into their showa lines with good results. Toshio sakai has wonderful marusome black on his new showas,
My understanding is that with sumi you want to inspect the black that comes thru the white to get an honest appraisal of the quality, red does seem to inhance the sumi appearance.
I knew of one dealer that used silica sand as a polishing filter before return to the pond and he could get black to come up on even the most difficult koi.
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