Sayagaki

[Michael 67]

Hi

I would be very happy if you could translate the sayagaki for me. It belongs to a hizen kuni iga no kami minamoto kikuhira katana.

 

Thanks for your support.

 

 

 

Michael

[SteveM]

①大法橋伊賀守入道源菊平

Daihōkyō Iga-no-kami Nyūdō Minamoto Kikuhira

 

②但し ??

Tadashi, ... ??

 

③昭和五拾年夏囗

Shōwa 50, Summer ?

 

④刃長貮尺貮寸五分有

Hachō 2-shaku, 2-sun, 5-bun ari

 

⑤寒山誌

Kanzan shirusu

 

（花押）

Kaō 

 

 

I think you can figure out most of this. The first line is the title and name of the artist. The second line will be some descriptive comment, often something like mumei or ubu or maybe the era, but I don't think this is either of those, and I can't make it out. The third line is the date, obviously (you can Google for the conversion). Fourth line is the length, again you can Google the conversion to meters/feet. Fifth is Kanzan's signature, and then his personal calligraphic flourish which serves as a kind of signature (kaō). 

[k morita]

② 但し 愛宕山云々切付銘有之
Tadashi,　Atagosan unnun no kiritsuke-mei kore ari. (But,there is kiritsuke-mei of Atagosan etc..)

[Michael 67]

 

 

Thanks a lot to Steve and K Morita, it's very nice to be given so much support in nmb.