Please help me to translate this old family blade.

[Geoffry Persoon]

Hello everyone , i am Geoffry from Holland.

I have bought myself a papered Kai Gunto sword with an old family blade.

But i have further no information of the sword.

The only thing i know is that the former owner paid around 3000  dollars for it.

And i liked it so much so i paid him the same price for it.

But he could not find the info about the sword anymore.

So please help me out.

[Geoffry Persoon]

I have some more pictures for you.

[Geoffry Persoon]

I'll hope someone is able to read the mei. Please keep me informed.

Thank you

[Bruce Pennington]

Things get slow around here on the weekends.  Give them some time, someone will help.

 

Very nice kaigunto!

[Geoffry Persoon]

thank you Bruce.

[SteveM]

備州長船住横山祐久作     Bishū Osafune-jū Yokoyama Sukehisa saku  (Sukehisa YOKOYAMA of Osafune in Bizen province made this).
友成五十九代孫                Tomonari 59th Generation (59th generation from founding smith "Tomonari")

慶應二年二月吉日             Keiō 2 (1866) an auspicious day in February

[Geoffry Persoon]

Perfect Steve thank you very much. Any idea what year this smith was active sir?

Best regards

[Geoffry Persoon]

ai have allready found some info of the smith thank you very much.

[oli]

Nice one, can i ask how long the nagasa is?

 

Regards

Oliver

[Geoffry Persoon]

tomorrow when i am home i will let you know.

cheers

[Geoffry Persoon]

20 hours ago, oli said:

Nice one, can i ask how long the nagasa is?

 

Regards

Oliver

Hello oli the nagasa is 68.5 centimeter..

Greetings

[DTM72]

https://nihontoclub.com/smiths/SUK693

[mecox]

A bit more info from Sesko:   SUKEHISA (祐久), Keiō (慶応, 1865-1868), Bizen – “Bishū Osafune Sukehisa” (備州長船祐久), real name Yokoyama Hisagorō (横山久五郎, first name also reads Kyūgorō), adopted son in law of Yokoyama Sukenaga (祐永), he died on the 26th day of the seventh month Meiji two (明治, 1869)

[Geoffry Persoon]

Thank you.

You are the best

[Stephen]

Yokohama group made very fine swords. 

Part of Sukesada den