On the afternoon of the 21st, we left Matsue, and headed off to Yamatoya Koi Farm. Shiraishi-san had that morning harvested the mud ponds containing his best Nisai. He said that this one was the number 1, and most likely the Kashira. But, the following morning was to be the last harvest, and concluded that this was indeed the Kashira.
She measures 55cm, and is of incredible quality. She is a little slim, as during August and September, the mud pond's water supply dried up, so the Koi couldn't be fed properly. Nonetheless, this Koi will look amazing in a few years, when Jumbo.
Interestingly, I saw this Koi in the Spring when Tosai, and Shiraishi-san predicted then, that she would be the Kashira this Autumn. At that time, he asked me to buy anything I wanted, but to buy this one when Nisai.