An Excellent Hirazukuri Wakizashi with Buddhist Script Horimono mounted in Shirasaya With NBTHK Hozon Certiicate
Signed:Etchū no Kami Fujiwara Sadayuki (越中守藤原貞幸)
Made (Owari province, around Kanbun [寛⽂, 1661‒1673])
Nagasa ~ 39.2 cm
Translation of Budhist Horimono
福聚海無量 Fukuji Kai Muryō “Boundless happiness and longevity, like an endless ocean!” This is a proverb that praises the blessings of Kannon.
南無妙法蓮華経 Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō “Devotion to the mystic law of the Lotus Sutra”
SADAYUKI (貞幸), 1st gen., Genroku (元禄, 1688-1704), Owari – “Etchū no Kami Minamoto Rai Sadayuki” (越中守
源来貞幸), “Etchū no Kami Fujiwara Sadayuki” (越中守藤原貞幸), “Etchū no Kami Rai Sadayuki” (越中守来貞幸),
he lived in Nagoya (名古屋), mokume mixed with masame, ko-midare, chū-saku
