Help with reading katana mei.

[sechan]

Hi guys, please help to translate the mei...

Thanks, Steve.

 

[Grey Doffin]

Yoshimune is the mei and Showa Ju Ku Nen Go Gatsu (April of 1944) is the date.

Grey

[sechan]

That was quick, Thanks Grey.

[Bruce Pennington]

1 hour ago, sechan said:

translate the mei...

Steve,

Any chance there is a stamp up above the mei, or is that just staining/discoloration?

[sechan]

Yes, there is, miss it it.. Thanks.

[Bruce Pennington]

2 hours ago, sechan said:

there is

Could I get a good picture of it?

[sechan]

Here it is, sorry for the quality... 

[Edward Mahle]

Looks like a seki stamp.

[sechan]

Just compeered with a seki stamp online, yes it is a seki stamp. Thanks.

[Bruce Pennington]

3 hours ago, sechan said:

Here it is

Thank you Steve!  If you can bear with me a bit longer - it seems to be the small Seki, but hard to say for sure without a broader picture for perspective.  The large Seki looks like this:

 

Is yours smaller than that?

[sechan]

Just saw it, it's a small one on mine.