Salmon-Crested Cockatoo (ôbatan ômu), from the series At the Zoological Garden (Dobutsuen), Taishô period, dated 1926
- Series:
- At the Zoological Garden
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museum
From Yoshida's 1926 series At the Zoological Garden (Dobutsuen), this [kacho-e](/glossary/kacho-e) depicts a salmon-crested cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis), its pale coral crest fanned above white plumage. Yoshida studied living specimens at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo to produce this series, bringing the observational precision of his Western painting training to the woodblock medium. The print likely renders the bird's feather texture through fine gradation and carefully registered key-block lines, with [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) shading modeling the dimensional form of the crest. The warm salmon tones would have required at least one dedicated pigment block. As part of a broader zoological series, the work reflects [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga)'s expansion beyond landscape into natural history subjects, maintaining Yoshida's characteristic attention to light falling across organic surfaces.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Salmon-Crested Cockatoo (ôbatan ômu), from the series At the Zoological Garden (Dobutsuen), Taishô period, dated 1926 was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博).
Yes — Salmon-Crested Cockatoo (ôbatan ômu), from the series At the Zoological Garden (Dobutsuen), Taishô period, dated 1926 is part of the At the Zoological Garden series by Hiroshi Yoshida.
Salmon-Crested Cockatoo (ôbatan ômu), from the series At the Zoological Garden (Dobutsuen), Taishô period, dated 1926 depicts fish and gardens.
