Japan on The Gamecock Codex

The Long Tail

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The longest tail ever reliably recorded in a living bird belongs to a chicken. The bird was an Onagadori — a long-tail fowl of the Tosa province of Shikoku, Japan — and its tail measured, in 1972, an extraordinary 10.3 metres. The bird was over eight years old at the time of measurement; its tail had been growing, almost continuously, for the bird’s entire adult life.

On the Shamo's Posture

Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000

date: 1996-01-01

From a 1996 monograph in the Senri Ethnological Studies series, the principal English-language academic treatment of the long-crowing and game fowl of Japan.

The Shamo Becomes a Natural Monument

Thu, 13 Mar 1941 00:00:00 +0000

The Shamo is designated a Natural Monument of Japan under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties, cementing its place as a national heritage breed and guaranteeing legal protection for its breeders.