Utsuri

Utsurimono translates as “reflections.” This refers to the tendency of the pattern to appear in one place only to reappear in another. There are three different color varieties: the first and most popular is the shiro (white) utsuri. The second is the Hi (red) Utsuriand the third is an Utsuri with a yellow (ki) base. The Utsuri was developed from a black fish with yellow markings around 1875. The variation with white markings was developed in the 1920’s. All three variations are accented by their particular color on a black base, which emerges from the field of white, red, or yellow. The first consideration in selecting an Utsuri is for the quality of the black (sumi) rather than the pattern, as the pattern will emerge, subside, and perhaps come back in another place, altogether different from the original. Dark sumi at the base of the pectorals will give a hint of the qualities to come. The pattern may take several years to develop. There are stories about Utsuri given away because their pattern was declining or disappeared altogether and then develop into beautiful fish in someone else’s pond, leaving the original owner knocking his head against the wall.

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