Background
Ishikawa Kio was born in 1831.
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Ishikawa Kio
Edit Profile石川龜翁
also known as
Kamekichi
Education
Took interest in gold fish breeding at an early age and eventually made it his profession.
Career
After the Meiji Restoration (1868) when this profession began dying out, Ishikawa Kio continued breeding gold fish with great perseverance and produced some very high quality specimens. The gold-fish business in Japan owes much to him.
