Translation Help. Marine mounted Showa Blade?

[War Time]

my friend just acquired this sword, which appears to be a Japanese Marine mounted blade if possible are any members able to translate the Mei. many thanks.

[War Time]

my friend just sent me some additional photos. Thank you for your assistance in translation.

[Kiipu]

正則 = Masanori.

昭和十九年十月 = 1944 October.

岐 within the outline of a cherry blossom (sakura).

[Grey Doffin]

The smith is Masanori and the date is Showa Ju Ku Nen (1944) and after that I can't see the characters well enough to read. Doubtless they will be a month and possibly a day.

Grey

[mecox]

Yes looks like MASANORI (正則), real name Noro Eikichi (野呂栄吉), born January 10th 1926, (there is also a birth date of 5 March and 1926 was both Taisho 15 and Showa 1) he worked as guntō smith,      ranked as Ryōkō no Retsu (Akihide).

Date looks like Ju ku nen (1944) maybe October (Ju gatsu).   Also Gifu stamp on  nakago mune.

 

[Bruce Pennington]

There's another fainter Gifu stamp higher above the mei.

 

Brian, for good reading, check out Nick Komiya's discovery of the true origins of the "Marine Landing sword" or "Type 3" or "Type 44" on this Warrelics Thread.  It was a cheaper, more durable variation, or contingency model,  of the Type 98 officer sword.

 

Could we get a shot of the fittings, too?

[War Time]

[War Time]

[Michaelr]

Nice looking sword
 MikeR 

[Bruce Pennington]

Thanks Brian!