The most detailed and in-depth books about Japanese Koi printed in English. Provides comprehensive information on the breeders' operations and businesses - parent koi, mud pond space, number of koi produced.

Koi Volume 1
351 pages dedicated entirely to the study of Gosanke varieties -origins, skin quality, growth development and characteristics of certain bloodlines.

* Koi - sexing, judging, size and age, methods of rearing, colour, and skin quality.
* Gosanke Varieties - The book goes into great detail discussing and providing photographic examples of sahi and kiwa, skin quality, growth and development, origins, bloodlines, and body forms for all the gosanke varieties.
* Breeder sections include a detail history and description of production values for breeders in Nagaoaka, Ojiya, Uonuma, Isawa, Fukui, Hiroshima, and Fukuoaka regions. Just a partial lists includes Maruboshi, Hasegawa, Isa, Torazo, Shinoda, Izumiya, Hoshikin, Oomo, Maudo, Jinbei, Tanaka, Shintaro, Murata, Matsunosuke, Kachi, Sakai, Ueno, and Ogata.
* In-depth explanations about Koi care and health, water chemistry, nutrition, etc