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Thank you so very much for your help, greatly appreciated

I have a late 1944 Shin Gunto Japanese Sword My aunt had this in her closet that my Uncle brought back I never knew she had this and my cousins don't know that she gave this to me I need some help in translating this on both sides I did the best I could with the pictures. most of the collectors at the gun shows can't translate the writing but always wanted to take the handle off so I stopped that and just took pictures. I was told it has a SEKI stamp on the tang what ever that means. Thank you