Japanese Terminology for Competition Ranchu Parts
 

I found these pictures posted in the FQA section of the Ranchushop.com by one of the member there. I am not so sure where the pictures are originally from but the information on it is correct. It is very useful to learn some Japanese terminologies for TVR parts name, because the name of the parts are also how you comment about what nice ranchu has to be in accordance with the Nichiran standard.

The pictures are self explanatory, and if you would refer this chart to some of the ranchu pictures that I posted in my first post here("Hi there") then you will get a pretty good idea what the illustration is trying to communicate. Please refer back to this chart whenever you are in doubt about a TVR that you are about to buy.

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Pat

You can find the pictures on this site:http://csx.jp/~t-ranchu.

Cool, thanks. :)

Hi All,

This is an extract of information from one of the ranchu site:

Ranchus are always judged from above, and nearly half the points are awarded for the way the fish swims. The reason for judging how the fish swims has been explained as fulfilling the same purpose as contestants in a beauty contest walking before the judges. Any muscular deformities are accentuated by motion and balance, or the lack of it. Only when the competition is very close is the fish examined from the side or below to check for the appropriate dual anal finnage or any other defects that would be unseen from above.

Any Comments?

I think that a well balance fish with an exceptional tail is almost as difficult to find as a perfect carat or a D IF diamond. An overall picture of the fish is also most important. It is very easy to try to pick a part a fish from its imperfection, but one must also pay close attention and learn to also appreciat the part of the fish that are exceptional, even in bad fish. I think that swimming action is very important for competition in Japan since there are so many perfect gems in competition there. Almost all the fish are perfect. For competition outside of Japan, it is very important to realize that the overall quality of all the fish varies a great deal. If you judge solely on swimming action without the sideview consideration, you may miss quite a lot from the overall picture of the TVRs. Competitions in Thailand always gets high turn out of fish that are worth from a few thousand baht all the way to fish that are worth a few hundred thousand baht. Most of the Japanese judges told me that it's much easier to judge competitions that the quality varies a lot. They only have to concentrate on the fish that has the least faults to deduct points from. However, I have to also say that different judges often like different sort of ranchu as well.

Hi AbsoluteRanchu, there is a diagram above that shows the different type of tails I believe. If convenient, is it possible to have photos showing the different tails as it is not easy to visualise from the sketches? Or maybe, the photos can be shown during the TVR workshop? Thanks.

I think that my friend Peter is preparing the powerpoint presentation, but I will relay your request to him tomorrow afternoon. We are having a pow wow between my team to finalise our preparation for the trip to Singapore. I will try to start by posting a few pics that I have posted before in the "Hi, there.." thread earlier on the nice tails of TVRs.

More tail pictures and one good back picture just like in the diagram. :D