Need Help with mei on Kiku-mon blade #1

[Bruce Pennington]

Found this blade with a kiku-mon.  Could I get a translation of both sides, Por Favor, Please, Пожалуйста, お願いします?

 

[Ray Singer]

Kikumon Iga no kami Fujiwara Kinmichi 

Nihon Kaji Sosho 

[Bruce Pennington]

  On 12/13/2022 at 2:31 AM, Ray Singer said:

Nihon Kaji Sosho 

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Thanks a bunch Ray!  Is that other part a forge name?

[Ray Singer]

Bruce, you can read about Kinmichi and the title Nihon Kaji Sosho here. 

 

https://markussesko.com/2013/02/19/how-honorary-titles-were-conferred/

[Bruce Pennington]

  On 12/13/2022 at 10:33 AM, Ray Singer said:

the title Nihon Kaji Sosho here

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Thanks Ray, interesting read.  So according to that, this could be a 3rd generation Kinmichi, "the third generation changed the characters of „sôsho“ from (惣匠) to (宗匠)"