Help With Translation Please

[Chip62287]

Would appreciate any info ...no writing on reverse side of tang

[Gunome]

Hello,

 

This one is very easy to decipher.

A well know shinto Smith with a lot of gimei.

肥前國忠吉

 

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[Mark]

Hizen Kuni Tadayoshi     very famous name so you see it a lot. you can easily do research as there is plenty of information on line

 

Edit: I did not see prior post. we were posting at the same time. I agree it would be wise to try and translate this yourself, it is a good way to learn and it is not hard

[Stephen]

might be fuzzy brain here: was there not a ww2 smith that signed that ??

[Stephen]

TADAYOSHI (忠吉), 9th gen., Meiji (明治, 1868-1912), Hizen – “Hizen no Kuni Tadayoshi” (肥前国忠吉), “Ōmi no Daijō Tadayoshi” (近江大掾忠吉), “Hizen no Kuni Tadayoshi-chakushi Hyakutarō Tadayoshi” (肥前国忠吉嫡子 百太郎忠吉), real name Hashimoto Hyakutarō (橋本百太郎, the first name can also read Momotarō), he died on the 27th day of the twelfth month 13 (1880) at the age of 49

TADAYOSHI (忠吉), 10th gen., Meiji (明治, 1868-1912), Hizen – “Hizen no Kuni Tadayoshi” (肥前国忠吉), real name Hashimoto Shinzaemon (橋本新左衛門), he died on July 13th 1890

[Chip62287]

Thanks !! You guys are great ! Been trying to find a forum of this caliber ...looking forward to posting more pics ...glad it was such an easy translation ...my first Japanese sword ...mostly was collecting German daggers...this one became available but I know so little about them ...looking forward to learning from people who obviously know their stuff !

John C