I've searched and searched and tried to match these markings with those on various spreadsheets and translation sites and I've failed miserably. Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is very important to me and my family.
Now supposedly one of these is supposed to be a date and one is supposed to be a swordsmith and his province. That's of it were common/military issue and followed standard marking patterns. What is that in English?
Seishin Mano Masayasu Kitae Kore is the inscription given by the smith Mano Masayasu, whose name is included in part of the inscription. Family name is Mano, and the given name is Masayasu. Seishin means sincere, trustworthy, reliable, etc. The last two characters "Kitae Kore" basically just means "forged by" (if I can loosely translate it this way).
There are no date markings on either of these swords that I can see. Generally speaking, swords have all different inscriptions and marks (and often no marks whatsoever), so its not unusual for there to be no date inscribed. And as I've mentioned in previous threads, putting signatures on modern, or cheap, or defective swords to try to increase their value (in other words, forgery) is very, very common.
These are opposite sides of the same tang. The sword is very genuine although it probably wasn't obtained under the best circumstances. You have been incredibly helpful.
If you put the sword smith's name into a search engine, you can pull up some pages that show some of his swords. There is even a facebook page with some great shots of a sword by him (in similar sword fittings to yours). If you want to cut-and-paste... 真野正泰
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