Java sparrow

Captured with Canon 50D using an EF70-200mm f/4, ISO 100, 1/50s. The Java sparrow has been a popular cage bird in Asia for centuries, first in China’s Ming Dynasty and then in Japan from the 17th century, frequently appearing in Japanese paintings and prints.

Meiji-era writer Natsume Sōseki wrote an essay about his pet Java sparrow: Buncho.pdf (116 kb)