help with mei and inscription on the blade

[Mark]

i have a katana, suriage with some of the mei remaining. It also has an inscription on the blade,

 

Mei: I can make out a place and Ju, then Fujiwara maybe Kin or Kane Fusa, but with kanji following i am a bit lost

 

on the blade: i think i see Spring and maybe something about an event but can't make sense of it.  The inscription was there before being shortened and probably polished so seems challenging (at least for me)

 

thanks in advance for any assistance

 

mark

[Ray Singer]

南都住藤原金房兵___ (衛尉正次) 
Nanto ju Fujiwara Kanabō Hyō(ejō Masatsugu) 

[Mark]

Ray

 

thanks!  appreciate that. 

mark

[Mark]

any suggestions about the inscription on the blade?  Thanks for the help with the mei

 

mark

[Bugyotsuji]

於春日

Oite Kasuga … 

 

As to Nanto, and Fujiwara, this probably indicates a smith working close to Kōfukuji in Nara, which was the temple for the old Fujiwara family.

[Bugyotsuji]

https://www.kasugataisha.or.jp/en/about_en/

 

春日行中 ?

 

(Kasuga Taisha is also in Nara)

[Nobody]

33 minutes ago, Bugyotsuji said:

https://www.kasugataisha.or.jp/en/about_en/

 

春日行中 ?

 

(Kasuga Taisha is also in Nara)

 

Maybe;

於春日行中作之

 

I am not sure about its actual meaning.

[Mark]

Thank you Piers and Moriyama-san.  At least it is challenging, i feel better not getting it.  Maybe it was made at that Shrine?  Someone had suggested it was saying something about an event but the place may make more sense.  i appreciate the help

 

mark