Help with Translation of Tanto Tang

[Basjie]

Hi all,

 

I am new to this message board and am excited to be a part of it. Within the last few months I aquired a tanto with this particular insciption in the tang - I am curious if anyone could help me with translating it. All of my attempts to do so with OCR and visual dictionaries have been unsuccessful. I am aware part of one character appears to be missing, which may make an exact translation more difficult.

 

Thank you for your time.

[Bugyotsuji]

Hi! Try 奈良三條宗近

Nara Sanjō Munechika 

https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=奈良三条宗近&client=safari&hl=ja-jp&ei=eTa8YavYCIaImAWNqIrQDw&oq=奈良三条宗近&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAMyBQgAEIAEMgUIABDNAjIFCAAQzQI6BwgAEEcQsAM6BQgpEIAEOgsIABCABBCxAxCxAzoECAAQQzoRCAAQgAQQsQMQgwEQsQMQgwE6CAgAELEDEIMBOgIIKToHCCkQgAQQBDoHCCkQsAMQHjoNCAAQgAQQsQMQgwEQBDoKCAAQgAQQsQMQBDoHCAAQgAQQBDoGCAAQBBADOgQIABAKOgkIABCABBAEECU6BwgAEIAEEBdKBAhBGABQ1AhY5Xlg5X5oA3ABeAOAAacCiAGkH5IBBjYuMTUuNpgBAKABAbABD8gBAcABAQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp

[Basjie]

Thank you very much!