Mei translation help

[m4l700]

Currently I'm looking at this sword and as I understand certain(few) common characters I absolutely cant read this mei.

Could anybody be of assistance?

 

This is an older blade in Kai Gunto fittings.

 

Thanks in advance!

[ROKUJURO]

Swordsmith YOSHIKUNI

[m4l700]

36 minutes ago, ROKUJURO said:

Swordsmith YOSHIKUNI

 

Thank you very much Jean!

[Nobody]

筑州柳川鬼塚吉國 - Chiku-shu Yanagawa Onizuka Yoshikuni

[cisco-san]

Hello,

 

see here:

https://nihontoclub.com/view/smiths/meisearch?type=All&mei_op=contains&mei=yanagawa%onitsuka+yoshikuni

 

and from Markus book:

YOSHIKUNI (吉国), 2nd gen., Kan´ei (寛永, 1624-1644), Chikugo – “Chikushū Yanagawa-jū Onizuka Yoshikuni” (筑州柳川住鬼塚吉国), “Chikugo Kurume-jū Onizuka Shigekuni” (筑後久留米住鬼塚茂国), “Yanagawa-jū Onizuka Shigekuni” (柳川住鬼塚茂国), “Onizuka Yoshikuni” (鬼塚吉国), he signed in early years with Shigekuni (茂国), dense itame mixed with mokume and masame, gunome-midare, or suguha mixed with ko-notare in nie-deki with a wide nioiguchi, in the case of a flamboyant ō-midare also sunagashi occur, also the blades of the 2nd gen. resemble Hizen-tō, the bōshi has a ko-maru-kaeri but can also be a kaen with hakikake

 

YOSHIKUNI (吉国), 3rd gen., Kanbun (寛文, 1661-1673), Chikugo – “Chikushū Yanagawa-jū Onizuka Yoshikuni” (筑州柳川住鬼塚吉国), “Chikugo Kurume-jū Onizuka Fujiwara Yoshikuni” (筑後久留米住鬼塚藤原吉国), suguha, gunome-midare, notare