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Ochiba Shigure:...'Autum leaves on water'; a grey koi with a brown pattern.
Odome:...Last
marking before the tail.
Ogon:...'Golden'; collective name for metallic koi.
Oiya:...Koi broodstock.
Ojime:...Gap
between the last pattern marking and the tail.
Omoyo:...Deep-wrapping pattern,( large hi markings).
Orenji:...Orange.
Orenji Hariwake:...A silver koi with metallic orange markings.
Orenji Ogon:...A deep orange metallic koi.
Oyugu
hoseki:...Living jewels.
Ozuke:...The base of the tail.
Ozutsu:...body area behind the dorsal fin, or caudal peduncle.
Peduncle:...Area just before the tail.
Pearl Ginrin:...A solid sparkling area on each scale, also known as Tsuba-gin
or Tama-gin.
Pearl Shusui:...A shusui with silver scales.
Platinum Kohaku:...A metallic white koi with an overlaying
hi pattern. Also known as Kin-fuji.
Platinum Ogon:...A metallic white koi, also known as Purachina.
Pongoi:...Good
quality fish.
Purachina:...Platinum, a white metallic koi.
Renzokumoyo:...Continuous pattern.
Roku bu:...Size
six.
Sadazo:...Sanke line of koi.
Sadazo Sanke:...One of the better known Sanke lineages, with bright hi markings
and small sumi markings that do not overlap the hi.
Sakura Ogon:...A metallic Kanoko Kohaku.
San bu:...Size three.
Sandan:...Three step pattern.
Sandan Kohaku:...A Kohaku with three hi markings.
Sanke:...Literally 'tri colour'.
White based koi w-+ith red and black markings.( referred to in early literature as Sanshoku).
Sanke Shusui:...A doitsu
Sanke whose pattern is underlaid with the blue back of the Shusui.
Sanshoku:...See Sanke.
Sarasa:...Red spots on back.
Pattern of birds, flowers and geometric patterns.
Sashi:...Blurring of the leading edge of a pattern element, seen on
scaled koi. These underlying black and red markings often stablize when the koi is mature.
Sashikomi:...Scales covering
the front edge of a the pattern.
Sensuke:...Kohaku line of koi.
Shiki bu:...Size seven.
Shimi:...Very small black
speckles or dots, no larger than a single scale.Sometimes spoil the appearance of the white or red markings of koi.
Shintaro:...New
Go-Sanke line of koi ( Matsunosuke based ).
Shiro:...White.
Shiro Bekko:...A white koi with black markings.
Shiro
Matsuba:...A white koi with a black 'pine cone' pattern in the scales on the back.
Shiro Utsuri:...A black koi with white
markings.
Shirogane:...An early name for Platinum Ogon.
Shirogoi:...White koi.
Shiroji:...The white area.
Shiromuji:...A
white non metallic koi.
Shitsu:...Quality or nature of the skin, including white, hi sumi etc.
Shochikubai:...A metallic
Ai Goromo.
Showa:...Black koi with red and white markings.
Showa Shusui:...A koi with the strong sumi and pattern
of a Showa and the underlying blue of a Shusui.
Shusui:...Doitsu Asagi.
Soragoi:...A grey-blue, non metallic koi.
Sui:...Water.
Sumi:...Black markings.
Sumi-goromo:...An Ai-goromo whose koromo pattern is overlaid with solid
markings.
Suminagashi:...A black koi with scale reticulation in white.
Taikei:...Conformation of the body.
Taisho
era:...A period in Japenese history, 1912-1926.
Taisho Sanke:...The full name of Sanke,which are 'white based' koi with
red and black patterns.
Taki:...Waterfall.
Taki Sanke:...An Asagi whose blue body colour is divided from the red markings
on its sides by a white line.
Tama-gin:...See pearl Ginrin.
Tancho:...Koi with a single, usually red, marking on its
head only.
Tancho Kohaku:...A white koi with a red spot on the head.
Tancho Sanke:...A Sanke whose only red marking
is a head spot.
Tancho Showa:...A Showa whose only red marking is a head spot.
Tategoi:...Koi possessing potential
for the future.
Tebire:...Pectoral fin.
Tejima:...Sumi stripes in the finnage.
Teri (Tsuya):...Gloss or lustre.
Tetsu Magoi:...Forerunner of the Showa,Chagoi and Ogon lines.
Tetsu:...Iron.
Tezumi:...Sumi strips in the finnage.
Tobi hi:...Very small hi spots, resembling splashes of paint.
Tomoin:...Kohaku line of koi.
Tora Ogon:...Metallic
Ki Bekko, 'tiger' Ogon.
Torazo:...'Tiger' Sanke line of koi.
Tosai:...In its first year, up to one year old.
Tsubaki
Sanke:...Aka Sanke with a chain of sumi running the entire length of the koi.
Tsuba Sumi:...Black pattern over white skin.
Tsubu-gin:...See Pearl Ginrin.
Tsuya:...Lustre.
Umebachi:...Japanese apricot flower shaped marking (i.e. Tancho
spot).
Uroko kiwi:...Scalloped kiwa, see maruzome.
Urushizumi:...Jet black, glossy sumi with a hint of blue ( also
known as tsuyazumi).
Utsurimono:...'Reflections' or 'reflecting ones'; two coloured, 'black based' koi, white, red or
yellow markings.
Uwappi:...Thin hi, no sashi.
Wabi/Sabi:...Appearance of depth to the skin of a scaled koi.
Wagoi:...Scaled
koi.
Yagozen:...Kohaku line of koi, developed in the 1950s.
Yamabuki:...Literally, a Japonica bush with pale yellow
flowers. Bright gold i.e. Yamabuki Ogon.
Yamabuki Hariwake:...A silver koi with metallic yellow markings.
Yamabuki
Ogon:...A yellow-gold Ogon.
Yamato:...The result of a cross between a Sanke and a Fuji Ogon.
Yamatonishiki:...Metallic
Sanke.
Yondan:...Four step.
Yogyo:...Young fish.
Yon bu:...Size four.
Yonsai:...Four years old.
Yoroigoi:...A
koi with large armour scales all over its body.
Yotsushiro:..."Five whites'. A black koi with white on the tail, pectoral
and dorsal fins and on the head.
Zubonhaki:...Where the latter half of the body (i.e. tail end) is completely
red or black.
Zukinkaburi:...An early Kohaku with a red forehead.
Article by
H. Watson.
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