White are not common amoung the KO SHAMO, so I am pleased to have this illustration of them. Here the facial kin development is a little on the smooth side, but the 1/3's of leg, body and neck here look in harmony. The birds below are frm a breeder in Japan, and were photographed by Julia Keeling on her trip to Japan in 2002. Here we can see what has been called the "five hills" of the back, i.e. the wing tip (2 hills), the back muscle at the base of the wings (2 hills) and the base of the neck as it moves into the back (1 hill). In excellent birds in good condition, these 5 Hills are very apparent - or should be.In the examples below I get the impression that these are not of the modern direction in KO SHAMO breeding in that they seem shorter due to the proportions of the massive body to the leg and neck. This is even ore apparent when compared with the birds above and on the previous page. In Japan there are many, many different directions and strains of each known breed, and not all are developed according to the current standards for the breed , which, in some cases, is a very new development. |
