Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (Kurumasaka ōmu), from the series At the Zoological Garden (Dobutsuen)
- Series:
- At the Zoological Garden
- Date:
- Taishō period, dated 1926
- Medium:
- Woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 41.3 × 27.8 cm
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Description
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo — named for the 19th-century Australian explorer — is rendered here in vivid close-up as part of Yoshida's 1926 series documenting animals at the Ueno Zoological Garden in Tokyo. The bird's spectacular salmon-pink crest fans above a white body, perched against a neutral ground that focuses all attention on the creature's extraordinary plumage. Yoshida's botanical and zoological precision, developed through Western academic training, brings the same observational rigor to this exotic Australian bird as he applied to mountain glaciers and Indian palaces.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (Kurumasaka ōmu), from the series At the Zoological Garden (Dobutsuen) was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in Taishō period, dated 1926.
Yes — Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (Kurumasaka ōmu), from the series At the Zoological Garden (Dobutsuen) is part of the At the Zoological Garden series by Hiroshi Yoshida.
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (Kurumasaka ōmu), from the series At the Zoological Garden (Dobutsuen) was published by Yoshida Studio (Taishō period, dated 1926).
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (Kurumasaka ōmu), from the series At the Zoological Garden (Dobutsuen) depicts gardens.
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (Kurumasaka ōmu), from the series At the Zoological Garden (Dobutsuen) measures 41.3 × 27.8 cm (Oban format).