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Three years ago he sold it to a German hobbyist who Seven years on and it still retains its lustre and unique
continues to show it, albeit at the German Shinkokai pattern. Not bad for a failure!
Shows (there are two). Two years ago she was awarded
I saw Jeroen very briefly at this year’s Interkoi Show
‘Best in Variety’ and ‘Unique Koi’ at the Koi Expo in
Berlin. She is due to be exhibited there again this year. Below: At 3 years old. when he came up to collect his prizes. This year, all the
Koi he entered (33) were from his own breeding
At the last measurement she was just short of 80cms.
programmes and he collected 15 awards (8 firsts and
Now to the complexities of this and its relative varieties. 7 seconds). When the MC, Sebastian Quilmann, read
For every variety there is a doitsu and a metallic out his name, he stated “Jeroen van Keulen of Made in
version. Normally the prefix ‘Doitsu’ or ‘Kin’ will suffice Holland” instead of the name Jeroen had entered them
but with the varieties from the extremes of the Karasu under ‘van Keulen papegaaien- en Koicentrum’. I can’t
line like Matsukawabake that doesn’t really work. say I blame him; I wouldn’t have wanted to read that
out. But in my opinion Sebastian did him a favour.
Jeroen has been entering his own Koi for a few years
WAGOI DOITSU now with some good results. All of which have gone
Matsukawabake Kumonryu under the radar as far as I and several others were
concerned. Maybe he should now include ‘Made in
Holland’ at every show to make people aware of what
he’s achieving.

ADD RED METALLIC ADD RED

Beni Matsukawabake Ginga Kikokuryu Beni Kumonryu

Beni Ginga Beni Kikokuryu

I hope this diagram will be self explanatory. The
Matsukawabake is a black and white Koi displaying
linear Sumi. Its doitsu equivalent is the Kumonryu. The
metallic versions of these Koi are Ginga and Kikokuryu
respectively. Add an additional red colour and they
become Beni Matsukawabake and Beni Kumonryu
Above: At 8 years old.
whose metallic versions are called Beni Ginga and Right: At 10 years old.
Beni Kikokuryu.
The photos accompanying this article show the Koi at
3 years old, 8 years old and 10 years old. Over the
years the linear Sumi on the flanks has never thickened
up and remained more ‘Sumi Nagashi-ish’ but the Photos courtesy of
metallic Beni has. But all-in-all it has changed very little. Jeroen van Keulen.
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