help with Tenryshi Masataka translation

[David McDonald]

Dear All

 

I am having trouble with a translation for the smith

Ozaki Nagato no Kami Tenryushi Fujiwara Masataka

 

I see (but am not sure)

於讃陽高府天龍子吾藤原正隆慎造之

Ni-oite Sanyō Takafu Tenryushi Go Fujiwara Masataka shin tsukuru kore

安政十二年十一月吉祥日

Ansei jū ni nen jū ichi gatsu kisshō hi

 

Not sure if I have Sanyō Takafu right or what it is. Also not sure of Go

 

Let me know what you think

 

Thanks

david mcdonald

[k morita]

Hi,

Swordsmith Masataka lived Settsu province(Osaka) and Kyoto.He also made sword in Edo.

 

Masataka's title was Nagato no Suke, not Nagato no Kami.

Gengo is his first name.

 

It is very near from Osaka to Takamatsu city by ship.

The sword of "Takamatsu-uchi"(forged in Takamatsu) is rare,my guess.

[David McDonald]

Dear Morita

 

This is great. Thank you very much.

 

If someone is studying this smith then I have large image files that I can email.

 

I will be in Japan this summer and would like

to take you out to eat--or beer-ru if I have that right.

That includes anyone else in Japan on this Board.

 

I will be in the Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka area most likely in July for about 2 weeks.

 

more info on this in the "The Izakaya" section of this Board.

 

Thanks again

david