Name: AHB Series 21 - Taisho Sanke Koi – Cyprinus carpio | Fish
SKU: AHB-V21-07-FIS
Price: 37.99 USD
Availability: InStock

AHB Series 21 – Taisho Sanke Koi – Cyprinus carpio | Fish

A charming, chubby figure of the Taisho Sanke Koi — one of koi’s celebrated ‘Big Three’ in classic tricolor, hand-painted in lifelike detail on its own display base.

Approx. Size: H ~2 in (5 cm) · Weight ~0.5 lb (230 g)
Material: Hand-painted resin
Display: Single fixed figure on its own included base

Only 1 left in stock

Animal Heavenly Body · A Series of Laugh and Grow

Series 21 · The Aquatic Collection

Taisho Sanke Koi

Cyprinus carpio

The Taisho Sanke — one of koi’s revered ‘Big Three,’ dressed in the classic tricolor of white, red and black.

KOI’S ‘BIG THREE’ · the classic tricolor

OriginJapan, Taisho era (1910s)

HabitatOrnamental ponds

ColorsWhite, red (hi) & black (sumi)

GroupOne of the Gosanke ‘Big Three’

Named AfterJapan’s Taisho era

Prized ForBalance of its three colors

A Series of Laugh and Grow

Real animals, reimagined plump and cheerful — painted in lifelike detail, sculpted impossibly cute.

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Chubby & Full of Character

Rounded, soft and undeniably cute — yet every scale, fin and marking is hand-painted true to the real animal. The reaction it gets in person is always the same: so detailed, and so adorable.

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Ready to Display

A single, sturdy piece that stands on its own included base — no assembly, no fuss. Set it on a desk or shelf and it holds its happy pose, ready to collect and show off.

If koi were royalty, the Taisho Sanke would sit near the throne. One of the celebrated ‘Big Three’ varieties, it wears a snow-white body marked with vivid red and accents of inky black — a tricolor so iconic it helped define what a show koi should be.

One of the ‘Big Three’

Together with the Kohaku and the Showa, the Sanke forms the Gosanke — the three varieties at the heart of koi keeping. Learn to read these, enthusiasts say, and you understand koi.

A Study in Three Colors

A clean white base (shiro), bold red patches (hi) and small, well-placed spots of black (sumi): the beauty of a Sanke lives in how gracefully those three colors are balanced. The paintwork honors that composition.

Born in the Taisho Era

The variety was fixed during Japan’s Taisho period in the 1910s, which gives it its name. A century on, it remains one of the most popular and recognizable koi in the world.

Tradition, Rounded Up

All that refined color-work, wrapped around a plump, cheerful body — a show-quality classic reimagined as something warm, rounded and endlessly collectible.

“A century-old masterpiece of red, white and black — now delightfully round.”

Craft & Specifications

Series	A Series of Laugh and Grow (Series 21) — Aquatic, by Animal Heavenly Body
Approx. Size	H ~2 in (5 cm) · Weight ~0.5 lb (230 g)
Material	Hand-painted resin
Display	Single fixed figure on its own included base
SKU	AHB-V21-07