Help translating Hozon paper

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Hey all,

Could I get some assistance with translating the date that’s written on the Hozon? I know the smiths signature is Hioki Fujiwara Kanetsugu Saku but not sure on the smithing date.

Thanks,

Chance

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日置藤原兼次作 (因幡) = Heki Fujiwara Kanetsugu saku (Inaba)

慶応四年二月吉日 = on an auspicious day of the second month of Keiō 4 (1868 CE)

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Thanks for translating that for me so it seems that the katana was forged one month after the start of the Boshin war.