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Ueno-Showa

Showa (Sho-Ah) is the last of the Big Three varieties collectively known as Gosanke, and historically it's by far the youngest. It wasn't until 1927, in Niigata, when Jukichi Hoshino crossed a Ki Utsuri with a Kohaku that the first Showa came to be. These early fish displayed very poor, yellowish hi and indifferent sumi. Then, in 1965, Tomiji Kobayashi improved the strain by crossing a female Showa with a male Sanke and a male Kohaku. The resulting fry wore deep scarlet hi, glossy black sumi, and snow-white skin akin to those we appreciate today.

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