Help with identifying the markings on this sword.

[Dave69]

Hi,

My Brother has a sword and needs help identifying the markings. We think it is 千人貞之 (Sennin Sada no or Chitohito Sada no) but are not sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Cheers

Dave

[YourBabyBjornBorg]

This is upside down. This reads "石鳥マキ(Ishitori/Sekicho Maki)". 石鳥 could be Ishitori or Sekicho.

 

Edited:

 

Woops! I forgot to mention that this is likely someone's name, not the signature of the swordsmith. "Maki" is usually feminine, but could work as a masculine name, too.