| I just received Harald Bachmann "Koi 1" & Koi 2" publication and looked up what he had to say, since this was just published.
The story is much as stated above (page 143 "Koi 1"): "The first Showa Sanshoku were porduced by Jukichi Hoshino (Jintaro Koi Farm at Ouchi) from Takezawone (nowadays Yamakoshi). He crossed a Shinada Ki Utsuri (originating from Kashiwazaki) with a Kohaku whose origin is no longer known today. The showa from this pairing had yellow-brown coloration. It was Tomiji Kobayashi, the owner of a textile factory in Nakago-cho, Tochio City, Niigata, who first used a Yagozen Kohaku as an outcross and thus produced the Kobayashi Showa, still famous today." |