Marushin gosai Shiro Utsuri, 72cm female, from Dainichi bloodlines. Sumi sits on the head and runs as a dark line down the back into the tail, with broad Showa-style bands wrapping the shoulder and mid-body. The pectorals carry bold sumi stripes from the base. The white ground is clean, and the body is long and full with real width through the shoulders. At five years the sumi should be close to settled, so what you see is near the finished pattern. A big, bold black-and-white female that holds the eye from across the pond.
Marushin gosai Shiro Utsuri, 72cm female, from Dainichi bloodlines. Sumi sits on the head and runs as a dark line down the back into the tail, with broad Showa-style bands wrapping the shoulder and mid-body. The pectorals carry bold sumi stripes from the base. The white ground is clean, and the body is long and full with real width through the shoulders. At five years the sumi should be close to settled, so what you see is near the finished pattern. A big, bold black-and-white female that holds the eye from across the pond.
