Sosho Rjt Mei Translation Help

[Jiro49]

Need some help with this as the sosho script messes with me.. ??? Aki (moto?) saku kore..

 

Thanks in advance!

[Stephen]

Matt not soso but i think you have a good start.

[SwordGuyJoe]

鉄収子昭光作之

 

Tesshushi Akimitsu Saku Kore

 

From Markus' Index

Akimitsu (昭光), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Niigata – „Tesshū Dōjin Akimitsu“ (鉄収道人昭光) „Echigo Sanjō-jū Tettshū Dōjin Akimitsu

kinsaku hori-dōjin“ (越後三条住鉄収入道昭光謹作彫同人, „respectfully forged and carved by Tesshū Dōjin Akimitsu from Echigo´s

Sanjō“), civilian name „Igarashi Seiji“ (五十嵐正治), he studied his apprenticeship at the „Nihontō-tanren-denshūjo“ (日本刀鍛錬伝習所)

ander Kurihara Akihide (栗原昭秀) in 1939 in Tōkyō and was working as rikugun-jumei-tōshō from 1940 onwards, he was descended from

the family of a certain smith called „Tesshinshi Terunaga“ (鉄心子照命) who is said to have worked for the Murakami fief (村上藩),

Akimitsu got several prices and lived in Niigata´s Sanjō (三条)

 

http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/oshigata/akimitsu.jpg

[Jiro49]

Thanks for the info!!

[SwordGuyJoe]

No problem, I had to see the example oshigata to believe that was a "mitsu" - since it sure doesn't look like one to me!

[Jiro49]

Completely agree! I was assuming maybe moto...

 

Thanks again!

[Kiipu]

@Jiro49 Matt, if still at hand, are there any numbers on the tang toward the bottom?