鯉【KOI】means carp as you know, and 錦【NISHIKI】means classic beautiful brocade silk textiles waved by various colored thread.
As KANJI of 鯉 mixed with 魚【SAKANA（FISH）】and 里【SATO（VILLAGE）】is showing, KOI carp had been grown in ponds of villages and eaten as food by village peoples as nutrition while winter.
錦鯉【NISHGIKI-GOI】 had been breed from a black carp and improved into beautiful Red, Black, White, Gold, Orange, and Silver colors, so on.
中越【CHU-ETSU】middle part area of Niigata prefecture, 山古志【YAMAKOSHI】and 小千谷【OJIAYA】 are the birth place of NISHIKI-GOI. We have tours there.
CONTENTS:
1.HISTORY OF NISHIKI-GOI
2.KINDS OF NISHIKI-GOI
3.THE BIRTH PLACE OF NISHIKI-GOI
1.History of NISHIKI-GOI
Nishiki-goi has been breed from black edible carps and improved into various colors.
It is said that breeding has started from former 江戸【EDO】period at least in the middle era of Niigata prefecture. called 中越【CYUU-ETSU】including 小千谷【OZIYA】City and 山古志【YAMAKOSHI】village.
Recently,they are exported to various places in the world and they are also called “world largest garden fishes”.
2.Kinds of NISHIKI-GOI
●紅白【KOU-HAKU(Red and White)】 Literally mean “Red and White“.
They have red patterns on the white skin.
It’s a base of NISHIKIGOI and many colors has been created from this kind.
It is said that white is as good as white like snow, and scarlet as red is better.
●錦鯉【NISHIKI-GOI】KOI （a-2）／紅白【KOUHAKU】 Red and white／3 years old／ 40cm／ | 金魚亭【goldfish★cyafe】 (theshop.jp)
●大正三色【TAISYOU SAN-SHIKI(TAISHOU Three Colors)】:大正【TAISYOU】THREE CORORS
Taisyou is a name of era (1912-1925）.→(When Emperors change, names of the era also change in Japan .) SAN-SHIKI literally means “Three colors”.
This is created at Taisyou era as it’s name.
The base color is white, and red and black added after that.
●昭和三色【SYOUWA SAN-SHIKI(Shouwa Three Colors)】: 昭和【SYOUWA】THREE COLORS
is also a name of era(1926.12.25 to 1989.1,7)→(When the Emperor changes, a name of the era also change in Japan .)
SYOUWA SANSYOKU-Nishikigoi was made at the begging part of SYOUWA.
The basic color is black while TAISYOW’s one is white. Their bodies are black when they were born, and white and red appears gradually.
Black parts are more impressive than TAISYOU-NISHIKIGOI.
●ドイツ鯉【DOITSU-GOI(Germany-Koi)】
●秋翠【SHUUSUI】
●赤松葉【AKA-MATSUBA(Red Pine Leaves)】Mesh pattern on their back look like pine tree or pine cones. Their body color is red.
●銀松葉【GIN-MATSUBA(Silver Pine Leaves)】Mesh pattern on their back look like pine tree and their body color is silver.
●山吹黄金【YAMABUKI-OUGON(YAMABUKI Yellow Orange-Gold)】
YAMABUKI is a name of yellow orange flower and also the color of it. OUGON means GOLD.
As it’s name, YAMABUKI-OUGON is KOI having bright Yellow Orange color like Gold.
●白映り【SHIRO-UTSURI(White Reflection)】
SHIRO UTSURI means “White Reflection”.
It is a KOI having White body with Black Patterns.
●黄白【KI-JIRO(Yellow and White)】
A basic color is white and having yellow patterns.
It was rare at the first time, but 長岡【NAGAOKA】City’s fisheries experimental station succeeded to sustainable creation.
Some countries favor yellow ones and they are popular among people from abroad.
●五色【GOSHIKI(Five Colors)】
GOSHIKI literally means Five Colors.
錦鯉【NISHIKI-GOI】／KOI／五色【GOSHIKI】／3歳【Three years old】／40cm | 金魚亭【goldfish★cyafe】 (theshop.jp)
●浅黄【ASAGI( Asagi Classic Blue)】
●烏鯉【KARASU-GOI（Crow-Koi)】
●孔雀【KUJYAKU(Peacock)】
●松川化け【MATSUKAWA-BAKE(MATSUKAWA-Freaked Out）】
●空鯉【SORA-GOI(Sky-Koi)】
●張り分け【HARIWAKE(Paste and Devide)】
●黄写り【KI-UTSURI(Yellow-Reflection)】
●緋写り【HI-UTSURI(Red-Reflection)】
●茶鯉【CHA-GOI(Brown Koi)】
●金兜【KIN-KABUTO(Gold Helmet）】
●ヒレ長鯉【HIRENAGA-GOI（Long Fins-Koi)】
●★光り物【HIKARI-MONO（Shinning Things)】
●★銀鱗【GIN-RIN(Silver Scales)】
★変わり鯉【KAWARI-GOI（Strange-Koi)】
3.The most famous region is middle area of 新潟【NIIGATA】prefecture
NISHIKIGOI had been breed at middle era of Niigata prefecture called 中越【CYUU-ETSU】
including 小千谷【OJIYA】City and 山古志【YAMAKOSHI】village.
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