My neighbour and friend Nobuhiko Osawa delivers again!
After he´d read the full paper by Momiyama (1923) we had a chat in my studio some days ago, and after that he was kind enough to sit down by the computer and put some of his words in writing (as below, in English, the paper itself is all in Japanese) ...
• regarding "
Cisticola cisticola djadja" he wrote:
In this article I couldn't find a single hint that suggested how come this name.
I have read a couple of articles in which authors tried to express warbler's songs(notes).
Both expressed same way.Acording to them Warbler sings:
1) when they flying down "djadja djadja" or "chocho chocho
2) when they flying far away "dja dja"
[...]
Onomatopoeia is only one my solution for this mysterious name.
To back it up he attached the following (Japanese) links;
here and
here.
Thereby I conclude that he did pin-point it already in post #79! :t:
Also see my PS in the same post.
• ... and about "
Emberiza cioides tametomo" he wrote [the OD includes neither explanation nor any dedication]:
... japanese name: Tametomo ho-ji-ro ( = tametomo bunting), ho-ji-ro is japanese name for bunting.
Here is my guess:
When he named this bunting Mr.Momiyama thought:
Minamoto no Tametomo (first name) was well-known samurai (then, but even today specially among the older generation). So when you name Tametomo many japanese remind this samurai and his name in turn probably assosiate Oshima in Izu islands (regard references).
Since Oshima is habit of this subspecies, using name of Tametomo instead of Island's name might be little literary and sounded good.
He also attached the following Wiki-links;
here and ditto
here (in Swedish)
Thereby I assume the scientific name
tametomo commemorates the epic, great Japanese Samurai and commander
Minamoto no Tametomo (
1139–1170), of the Minamoto clan, a k a
Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo, in the end bannished to the Island Oshima (a k a
Ōshima,
Izu-Oshima), where this bird was found!
According to Wikipedia this guy was: "Son of
Minamoto no Tameyoshi and brother of
Yukiie and
Yoshimoto" [my
italics].
Tametomo is (in the Japanese mind-set) closely associated with the Izu Island chain and Oshima Island. He is also (even if it has nothing to do with the issue itself) known as the very first to commit
seppuku!
On top of this Nobuhiko Osawa also, as a mere bonus, added some additional thoughts regarding the explanation of:
• "
Troglodytes troglodytes mosukei", as he slightly disagree on the
HBW Alive Key's explantion, i.e. on the part in brackets: "(cf. Japanese name Mosuke for the wren)" ...
Mizosazai is japanese name for wren.
And he adds (in ink pen): "
Mosuke doesn´t mean wren in Japanese, but a name of [a]
Japanese man". The OD includes no outspoken dedication, however it tells us:
Mr. Mosuke Saito was an old man and an inhabitant of Hachijo (spelled Hatchiziou then) island. He donated a pair of juvenile wrens to Mr. Momiyama.
Also see
attached excerpt. To be extra clear Nobuhiko explains: "
Mosuke is Mr. Saito's first name." Note that the Island
Hachijo (old
Hatchiziou alt.
Hachijyo jima) also is part (in the centre) of the Izu Island chain.
If this Mr. Mosuke Saito is the same guy as the Key's "Mosuke Satô" is unknown to both of us, but it ought to be, doesn´t it? I assume it´s simply a question of how it´s transcribed. In any case Nobuhiko Osawa added that he would transcribe the Japanese name, of the guy mentioned in the OD, as "Saito" (in Western letters).
What can one say, but (again):
Dômo arigatô gozaimasu.
That´s it: enjoy!
Björn
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