Help with waki mei

[nambo]

hello!

Can someone please translate mei on this wakizashi? Attached are some photos.Thank you for any input.

 

Ilijah

[John A Stuart]

I can't read the kanji after 肥前國住 which are easy to decipher. The province where the smith resides. Maybe a better pic of that section. John

[Jean]

It is an easy one, before giving any answer, please have a try. BTW the last kanji at the bottom are hardly visible:

 

http://www.jssus.org/nkp/index.html

 

Even if you have the translation, it won't tell you if it is genuine or not.

 

http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/kanji/kanji1.htm

 

http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/kanji/prov.htm

 

Japanese signature are beginning by province name, followed by the smith name

[John A Stuart]

Very faint, maybe 忠廣 John

[Jean]

Yes, you are probably right John