Help For Mei Translation

[Yamazakura Fr]

Hello

Can anyone help me to translate this katana omote mei

(I think the two last kanji  are: ichirô)

on the other side (ura) there is:  Ansei san nen ni gatsu (1856)

Thank you

Regards

 

 

[yimu]

forgery.

[Ray Singer]

Unfortunately a Chinese fake.

[Stephen]

+1

[raaay]

Sorry , ditto as above 100% fake 

[Yamazakura Fr]

It's not mine it was to confirm my first opinion given to the incoherence and the bad position of the kanji and other things ( bad mekugi ana, bad yazuri mei ...........)

Note that the drawing and the engraving of the kanji are better than the old chinese fakes

Thank you

[Jean]

It is not « Yasuri mei » but « Yasurime »

[SteveM]

The kanji themselves are not unusual. It looks to be

 

吉江正一郎 Yoshie Shōichirō

 

Yoshie would not be a common name, but it is not a freakish outlier either. Shōichirō is a typical first name. There is no swordsmith of this name, however, as far as I know. The habaki is covering up the top kanji a bit, so if the sword itself were more promising I'd suggest taking off the habaki so we could see more, but as you yourself observed, and as others have commented, I think its not worth the effort.