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I pasted your text to my MS-Word and just changed the font to sosho font which have been installed to my PC. There are several sosho font sets (free or paid version).

Fine focus is most important. But anyway, the sword looks to be a clear fake.

Ref. https://www.nipponto...words10/KY337730.htm

濃州住長光作 - Made by Nagamitsu in Noshu. 昭和十七年 - Showa 17th year (1942)

His name must be 遠藤公之 - Endo Kimiyuki. His smith name may be 一文字(Ichimonji) or 一文字天秀(Ichimonji Amahide). Ref. https://www.nipponto...swords3/KY328240.htm

I believe that the blade is a genuine nihonto. The registration card in the first picture shows that the mei is 兼直 (Kanenao) and the blade length is 65.2 cm. I can see the same mei on its nakago.

Thank you. The date is 昭和十二年二月日 - Showa 12th year, 2nd month. And I agree with you for the mei reading.

I cannot see any image or link.

FYI: AF24052 揃金具：知昆 （縁頭、小柄、鍔） – 日本刀販売の葵美術

Sodo is an art name of 鳥越一太郎 (Torigoe Kazutaro).

I guess red characters. 肥前國住人近江守忠吉作刀齢三百有余年

鐔縁頭小柄 – Tsuba, Fuchi-Kashira, Kozuka 銘□　知昆 – Mei: Tomoyasu 素銅地　枝葉毛彫 – Suaka-ji, Leaves and branches, Kebori 鐔　長丸形　竪弐寸弐分　横壱寸九分 – Tsuba: Oval shape, Long axis 2-sun 2-bu, Short axis 1-sun 9-bu 縁　刃宗　壱寸弐分五厘 – Fuchi: Long axis 1-sun 2-bu 5-rin 頭　刃宗　壱寸壱分五厘 – Kashira: Long axis 1-sun 1-bu 5-rin 小柄　長サ　参寸弐分五厘 – Kozuka: Length 3-zun 2-bu 5-rin 右正作也 – These items are genuine. 昭和丗年七月七日 – Showa 30th year, 7th month, 7th day 草堂 – Sodo

Thanks @Bugyotsuji. For the tsuba in question, Minbu seems to be correct. Myōchin Minbu ..... 明珎民部 ..... In the following old thread about 明珎民部紀宗定, the mei was read as Myochin Shikibu ...... at first, but later it was thought to be Myochin Minbu. @SteveM said "I also think this is Minbu (民部) by the way. Wakayama's reference lists both Shikibu (式部) and Minbu as possibilities for this artist, but to me it looks like Minbu..." in his comment.

What is the motif of the tsuba? Can you show us the both sides? I think the information might help to identify the kanji.

I enhanced the image. It looks like 則定 (Norisada) or 則宗 (Norimune) to me.

As for the left image, 明珎式部民部 – Myochin Shikibu Minbu 紀宗定作 – Ki no Munesada saku Where is the other unknown kanji on the right? Edit: correct reading. (Feb. 12, 2025)

(?) 松岡大尉 - Lieutenant Matsuoka

According to Wakayama, it reads Terumsa (英昌).

Rapping specification 柄平巻 – Tsuka hiramaki

□□関岡田兼定作之 - ?? Seki Okada Kanesada made this. The first two characters may be 濃州 – Noshu.

雪華 (sekka) - Snowflake

敏周 - Toshichika

You should study Ōtsuki school as @MauroP suggested.

I am afraid that you are not happy to know. I guess that the defaced part is 米英撃滅之剣 (A sword for the destruction of the US and Britain).

大龍斎光興作 – Tairyusai Mitsuoki saku 黄銅地角形鐔 – Brass, square shape tsuba 表富岳図 – Front: Mt. Fuji 裏三保の松原 – Back: Miho no Matsubara 文政八乙酉三朝之内彫光林五世嫡流と横に銘あり新年仕事始めの意と考へられる - There are inscriptions 文政八乙酉三朝之内彫 (Carved within the New Year’s Day of Bunsei 8th Kinoto-Tori.) and 光林五世嫡流 (The 5th main line generation of Korin) on its sides, and it seems to be the first work of the year. 名作也 – It is a masterpiece [Sides] 文政八乙酉三朝之内彫鐫 - Carved within the New Year’s Day of Bunsei 8th Kinoto-Tori (1825). 光林五世嫡流大龍斎光興 - The 5th main line generation of Korin, Tairyusai Mitsuoki