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. 2023 Jun 29;60(2):2023015. doi: 10.2141/jpsa.2023015

Table 2. Seventeen Japanese native fowls designated as National Monuments of Japan.

Name of the Japanese Native Fowls Year of designation as “Natural Monument of Japan”
1 Japanese Silkie (Ukkokei) 1942
2 Japanese Small Rumplessness (Uzura-Chabo) 1937
3 Japanese Brave (Kawachi-Yakko) 1943
4 Japanese Black (Kuro-Kashiwa) 1951
5 Japanese Good Crower (Koeyoshi) 1937
6 Kagoshima Game (Satsuma-Dori) 1943
7 Japanese Creeper (Jitokko) 1943
8 Japanese Elegancy (Shoukoku) 1941
9 Japanese Bantam (Chabo) 1941
10 Japanese Long Tailed Fowl (Tosa-no-Onagadori) 1923 *)
11 Japanese Red Crower (Toutenkou) 1936
12 Japanese Black Crower (Toumaru) 1939
13 Japanese Dainty (Hinai-Dori) 1942
14 Japanese Saddle Hackle Dragger (Minohiki) 1940
15 Japanese Small-sized Hackle (Minohiki-Chabo) 1937
16 Japanese Old Type (Jidori) 1941
17 Japanese Game(Shamo) 1941

*) Redesignated as "Special Natural Monument of Japan" in 1952

Pictures of 17 Japanese fowls are available from following URL: https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/research/now/no27/no27_1