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