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Originally Posted by
MikeM 
In September of 2006 I got a Showa, pictured here when she arrived in a bowl with an Utsuri. She was 14" long. She was originally marketed as a jumbo tosai, but spent her second season in a dealer's inventory. I'll not say who the breeder is, because I do not want pre-conceptions to influence opinions about her body development and conformation.
I next measured her on November 11, 2006, when she was 18". She got her second season of growth in a Florida autumn.