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Old 05-20-2007   #3 (permalink)
MikeM
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The label "Hajiro" is often used to refer to the whole group of old-type black koi with white patterning. Gets confusing when you are thinking of the specific color/pattern version pictured in the books as Hajiro. I like the specifity of precise usage, but in so many ways these are relics of the past... a time when slight variations of patterning was different enough to lead to a new name and some degree of excitement.

I think your photo is a Ginrin Matsukawabake in a color transition period. But, somebody will call it Ginrin Suminigashi ...just be cute.
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