A little help with translation please?

[SwordGuyJoe]

I saw this on eBay and am wondering what the engraving to the left of the date is? Maybe a soldier as it certainly wasn't the smith. Thanks in advance for the assistance.

 

[John A Stuart]

因? の 甲 The second I can't read. After no is a radicle for cloth, as found in 紋 It makes no sense to me; direct cause by cloth armour?? Looks added by an illiterate. John

[cabowen]

I would say definitely added later. Perhaps it reads 因?の神 where they split kami because there wasn't enough room....Mei is well cut. Who is the smith?

[John A Stuart]

Hmmm, could be. If something like, 因るの神 Depend on God or even Depend on the Emperor. Maybe some patriotic or religious slogan scratched in by the owner. John

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

IMHO 因るの神 is amateurish...

[Markus]

I see "on no kami" (恩の神), lit. "God of Mercy".

Really really badly chiselled. Also with the radical added atop of the other one. Strange.

Maybe even added by a non-Japanese.

[Jiro49]

It is signed kiyokuni with a star stamp and numbers on the nakago mune.

 

Regards,

[cabowen]

Do you have a link?

[SwordGuyJoe]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dl ... SA:US:3160

[hxv]

Judging from the picture, it's our old friend ejroush.

 

 

Oops! Joe beat me to it.

 

Hoanh

[SwordGuyJoe]

Yup, but still a decent looking blade.

[cabowen]

Thanks for the link...Nice blade. Too bad about the cheesy polish.

[cuttingedge59]

What I didn't get with this listing is the mix of civilian and military mounts ie in particular the civilian style tsuka. Makes me believe that possibly ejroush had fitted the tsuka himself and was not original to the sword . This is something he does often .

Chris