Translation Help

[sensei215]

I am in a bit over my head. I was able to translate the maker "Fujieda Taro Hideyoshi "and the year the sword was made 1 st year of Bunkyu, I think it says that it is a customer order for Kondo Masakatsu. There is another date and something about the execution grounds. I am trying to understand if this is a sword test and if so what it actually was. All help will be greatly appreciated and I will post photos of the blade as soon as it arrives.

 

Tim S

[Mark]

when i saw that sword on eBay it seemed Mike Y had posted the translation, maybe i remember it wrong. You could probably ask Mike as he should have notes about it. Or maybe someoen here can make it out (sort of hard with the angle)

[sensei215]

He couldn't translate it fully either.

 

Tim S

[Nobody]

As for the Setsudan mei:

 

酉年十一月十一日於千住 (Tori no toshi 11-gatsu 11-nichi, oite Senju) – 11th day in 11th month of 1861, at Senju

太々土壇拂 (Taitai Dodan-barai) - Taitai (shoulder level) was cut on an earth mound

山田源蔵 – Yamada Genzo

[sensei215]

Thank you very much for the translation. I greatly appreciate your effort. I hope I can return the favor in the future in some small way. It is the first sword I have ever seen that was signed by the maker, dated, custom ordered and with a sword test. Its the first piece I have bought for myself in a long time.

 

Tim S