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  1. xiayang
    It's signed 兼高 = Kanetaka
  2. xiayang
    The part below the mekugi ana reads 雲上斎勝永鍛之 = Unjōsai Katsunaga forged this
  3. xiayang
    赤城軒東愚 = Sekijōken Tōgu 行年八十一歲 = at the age of 81 years
  4. xiayang
    That's a shōwatō, though it may have been slightly shortened. 濃刕大杉住石原兼直作 = Nōshū Ōsugi-jū Ishihara Kanenao saku
  5. xiayang
    安藤兼基鍛之 = Ando Kanemoto forged this
  6. xiayang
    和州包永末 河内守包定 = Descendant of Washū Kanenaga, Kawachi no Kami Kanesada 延寳三年八月日 = on a day in the eighth month of Enpō 3 (1675 CE)
  7. xiayang
    That's a date: 昭和四十七年五月吉日 = on an auspicious day in May, Shōwa 47 (1972 CE)
  8. xiayang
    兼㝎 = Kanesada 昭和十九年二月 = February of Shōwa 19 (1944 CE) The date seems to have been chiselled twice: once very lightly (as if someone was trying to sketch it), and then overwritten.
  9. xiayang
    Could be 肥州菊池住 = Hishū Kikuchi-jū and the rest of the mei was lost to suriage.
  10. xiayang
    三河國住人兼弘 = Kanehiro, resident of Mikawa province
  11. xiayang
    宇多真國 = Uda Sanekuni
  12. xiayang
    以餅鉄盛岡住山内藤原國多作 = made with pebble iron by Yamanouchi Fujiwara Kunimasa, resident of Morioka 文久三年八月日 = on a day in the eighth month of Bunkyū 3 (1863 CE)
  13. xiayang
    The inscription on the kogatana reads 小林伊勢守国輝 = Kobayashi Ise no Kami Kuniteru But keep in mind that signatures on kogatana are often more of a dedication and should be taken with a grain of salt.
  14. xiayang
    The upper part of the inscription is covered by the fuchi, but the whole thing probably reads [信濃]守信吉造之 = [Shinano] no Kami Nobuyoshi made this
  15. xiayang
    The top two characters are 鳳祥 (Feng Xiang, originally a Shanghai-based jeweller founded in 1849, now a worldwide jewellery brand). I'm a bit less certain about the lower bit. Perhaps 德記 and 辛巳? The latter would indicate that the item was manufactured in 1881 CE (or 1941 CE).
  16. xiayang
    The bottom six characters on the right might be [奉拜?]摂刕一宮 = [on a visit to?] Sesshū Ichinomiya
  17. xiayang
    神力丸有續作之 = Jinrikumaru Aritsugu made this Markus Sesko's Swordsmiths of Japan has the following entry: I can't decipher all of the writing on the other side, but it starts with: 天下太平 = peace and tranquility for the whole world 武運長久 = long-lasting good luck in war
  18. xiayang
    菊秀 = Kikuhide 昭和十八年十一月 = November of Shōwa 18 (1943 CE)
  19. xiayang
    石原義定作 = Ishihara Yoshisada saku
  20. xiayang
    英次 = Hidetsugu
  21. xiayang
    嘉永四亥二月日 = on a day in the second month of Kaei 4, year of the pig (1851 CE) 寛勇子元綱 = Kanyūshi Mototsuna I have not been able to find any record of a smith of this name.
  22. xiayang
    I agree with @Bugyotsuji's reading. Let me engage in a bit of wild speculation: could this be the sword's nickname? A literal translation might be "two difficulties at the same time" – or, more creatively, maybe something like "Double Trouble"? Note that the phrase 二難並 (simplified: 二難并/二难并) goes back to the early Tang-dynasty (7th century CE) work 滕王閣序 (Téngwáng Gé Xù = Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion) by the Chinese poet Wang Bo (王勃).
  23. xiayang
    福本兼宗 = Fukumoto Kanemune
  24. xiayang
    藤原金重 = Fujiwara Kinjū
  25. xiayang
    平田秀光 = Hirata Hidemitsu
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