the most jam packed wak translation i have ever seen

[lonely panet]

well i have not seen sooooo much kanji in so smaller nakago. 

cutting test i assume.

 

sadly the kissaki has pitting

 

so with the most humble of asking,  please translate this utter trap of words for me

Edited February 12 by lonely panet

[Lewis B]

3rd times a charm. Other possibilities besides being a tameshigiri inscription is that it refers to a  special occasion or a battle in which the blade participated. I'll let the experts in Japanese clarify the meaning. 

 

 

[lonely panet]

thankyou so much

[Jussi Ekholm]

This is extremely complicated signature and I am missing lot of key information, however I think I have a grasp of the general idea about the smiths.

 

越前国□広□□為三十七歳□内□□□守 / 行年七十有二 同子 高柳加賀守藤原貞広 / 国継相共□正□ other side I would believe starts with 正徳二壬辰□三月上日 and there is a lot lot more to translate.

 

This would be made by Kaga no Kami Sadahiro (signed as Takayanagi Kaga no Kami Fujiwara Sadahiro) at the age of 72 with his son Aritsugu while he was signing with Kunitsugu (国継) and the year would be 1712 as that matches the zodiac.

 

I was able to find a reference piece that can be seen on page 11 here (unfortunately the pic is very blurry): https://www.yamasaki-bunka.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/kyodokaiho_063.pdf

 

Both the item in this thread and the one above link, seem to be signed as at age 72 with son Kunitsugu and year is 1712. Markus Seskos swordsmith index and Nihontō Meikan both mention that there is a item signed as at 71 with son Kunitsugu (who was signing 27 year old to that sword) and year is 1711. I think it is extremely interesting item and I hope that you can get correct and proper translation on it, as there is so much that I fail to understand. I would feel the signature would be legitimate as it is such a peculiar one and extremely long.

[lonely panet]

thankyou very much for your time Jussi. 

sadly the kissaki is beyound help,  but the nakago might be worth keeping