Tsuba with a parrot

[jelda44]

Hello friends,
with the new sword i got this beautiful parrot tsuba 
I've never seen such a motif on a tsuba.
The processing of details is very precise.

Each side of the tsuba has a different material.
I just don't know the author.
Can you please help me identify the author of this interesting tsuba ?

Thank you 

 

Jiri

[Spartancrest]

  https://ukiyo-e.org/...-00043402-111129-F12       

Japanese Parrot Art

Parrots and other exotic birds were a favorite subject of shin hanga print designers. In many of the prints pictured, the birds are delicately perched atop a beautiful flowering branch. These compositions, more romantic than realistic, are typical of shin hanga kacho-e. A few prints, such as Kurumazaka by Hiroshi Yoshida, depict the birds in more natural poses. Ohara Koson (1877-1945) Cockatoo and Pomegranate, 1927 Ohara Koson (1877-1945)Cockatoo and Pomegranate Ohara Koson (1877-1945) A Pair of Macaws Ohara Koson (1877-1945) Cockatoo on Bar, 1927 Ohara Koson (1877-1945) Two White Cockatoos on a Red Bar Ohara Koson (1877-1945) Parrot on Flowering Plum Utagawa Toyokuni (1769 - 1825) Shoun Yamamoto (1870-1965) The View of the Four Seasons Kiyokata Kaburagi (1878-1973) Isoda Koryusai (1735-1790) Toraji Ishikawa (1875-1964) Blue Cockatoo, 1934 Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991) Cage Birds, 1957 Ito Sozan (1884-?) Parrot on Pomegranate, 1925 Ito Sozan (1884-?) Two Macaws in Tree, 1925 Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) Kibatan Parrot, 1926 Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) Obatan Parrot, 1926 Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) Kurumazaka, 1926 Tsuruoka Kakunen (1892-1977) Parrot on Flowering Branch, 1940 Hodo Nishimura (active 1930s) Parrot on Magnolia, 1937 Hodo Nishimura (active 1930s) Cockatoo on Branch, 1938 Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) Parrot on a Flowering Crabapple Branch, late 1830s

 

 

   https://www.panteek....pages/kns164-272.htm

 

I can't say who designed and made the tsuba [magnificent] but the subject is not native to Japan.

  

[Bugyotsuji]

Keio 2, 1866, Hoen?

There was an artist who lived through Keio, Nishiyama Houen. 

西山芳園 - Wikipedia

Edit, see Nakagawa Hoen, below...

[1kinko]

Okinawa?

[Bugyotsuji]

日本刀販売品刀装具　枝梅図鍔（鐔） 銘　慶應四辰歳　余月作之　應需中川一的鏨 (choshuya.co.jp)

More likely Nakagawa Hoen?

 

(There was also a Kinko called Okawa Hoen 大川芳園)

 

Barbarian ships often had a parrot or two aboard, and the Japanese certainly looked out for exotic themes.

[Gunome]

Hello,

 

I noticed this tsuba is for sale at Zacke.

A shame it has been split of the rest of its sword to be sold alone.

 

https://www.zacke.at...&sd=0&pp=48&pn=6&g=1

[Jake6500]

A quick look into parrots and parrot species in Japan indicates that there are no parrot species native to Japan, as has been said already.

 

Parrots were only introduced as invasive species some time in the 1960's. 

 

The post about parrot ukiyo-e is quite interesting and really shows the cultural impact of the opening of Japan's borders in 1853 and the influx of Western culture at the time.