Help With Mei? Hidenaga?

[rkg]

Hi,

 

If anybody's motivated, could I get a sanity check on this translation? 

 

 

 

the first kanji is what, "hide", and the second one is one of the "naga" variants? is that right?

 

Thanks in advance,

rkg

(RIchard George)

[Stephen]

Yes

[Jussi Ekholm]

Yep you are correct 秀永

[Surfson]

Nailed it!

[cisco-san]

Hello,

 

from Markus book:

HIDENAGA (秀長), Keiō (慶応, 1865-1868), Bungo – “Bungo no Kuni Hidenaga” (豊後国秀長), son of Takahashi Nagahide (高橋長秀), it is said that he signed his name also with the characters (秀永)
HIDENAGA (秀長), active period unknown (gendaitō), Ōsaka – “Ōsaka-jū Takenaka Hidenaga saku” (大阪住 竹中秀長作)
HIDENAGA (秀永), Tenpō (天保, 1830-1844), Shinano – “Iida-jū Isshinshi Hidenaga kore o tsukuru” (飯田住一心子秀永造之), “Hidenaga” (秀永), gō Isshinshi (一心子)
HIDENAGA (秀永), Genji (元治, 1864-1865), Bungo – “Minamoto Hidenaga Hiji ni oite kore o tsukuru” (源秀永於日出造之), suguha mixed with gunome-ashi