Help finishing translation?

[Daddoo]

Hello, and thank you in advance.

I have been trying to translate the date on my first blade and am having trouble finding two symbols. Gen roku ju ni nen ni gatsu bi. I have "origin ___ ten two year two month __" Any advise as to a good reference for finishing? And also for a good reference for hamon/grain variations? Geoff P.

[Mark]

check http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/kanji/nengo.htm it will tell you when Genroku began, then you have the rest so you can figure the date

[Daddoo]

Thank you! So then it would be 1688 10 2 year 2 month day, or a day in february 1700? Is that correct? That link was very helpful, again thank you! Geoff P.

[Mark]

subtract one as the first year is 1688 so 1688 + 11 or 1699

[Daddoo]

Understood. Thank you sir! Geoff P.