Inscription: Inscribed on the on the tang of the sword (katana) blade, on the obverse: 横山上野大掾藤原ç¥�定 (Yokoyama KÅ�zuke-daijÅ� Fujiwara no Sukesada) (Yokoyama Sukesada of the Fujiwara family, the Senior Secretary of KÅ�zuke Province); on the reverse: 備州長船ä½�人 (BishÅ« Osafune jÅ«nin) (Resident of Osafune, Bizen Province [present-day Okayama Prefecture]); on the hilt collar: 行年å…å��二æ‰�乙桺軒味墨(花押) (GyÅ�nen rokujÅ«ni sai OtsuryÅ«ken Miboku (kaÅ�)) (At the age of sixty-two, OtsuryÅ«ken Miboku [monogram]); on the knife handle (kozuka): 行年å…å��二æ‰�乙桺軒味墨(花押) (GyÅ�nen rokujÅ«ni sai OtsuryÅ«ken Miboku (kaÅ�)) (At the age of sixty-two, OtsuryÅ«ken Miboku [monogram]); on the knife blade: 河内守國助 (Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke) (Kunisuke, the Governor of Kawachi Province); stamped seal on the Chape (kojiri): 味墨 (Miboku); on the tang of the short sword (wakizashi) blade, on the obverse: 横山上野大掾藤原ç¥�定 (Yokoyama KÅ�zuke-daijÅ� Fujiwara no Sukesada) (Yokoyama Sukesada of the Fujiwara Family, the Senior Secretary of KÅ�zuke Province); on the reverse: 備州長船ä½�人 (BishÅ« Osafune JÅ«nin) (Resident of Osafune, Bizen Province [present-day Okayama Prefecture]); on the hilt collar: 行年å…å��二æ‰�乙桺軒味墨(花押) (GyÅ�nen rokujÅ«ni sai OtsuryÅ«ken Miboku (kaÅ�)) (At the age of sixty-two, OtsuryÅ«ken Miboku [monogram]); on the chape (kojiri): 味墨 (Miboku); on the knife handle (kozuka): 行年å…å��二æ‰�乙桺軒味墨(花押) (GyÅ�nen rokujÅ«ni sai OtsuryÅ«ken Miboku (kaÅ�)) (At the age of sixty-two, OtsuryÅ«ken Miboku [monogram]); on the knife blade (kogatana): å…哥仙 / (å…首ã�®å’ŒæŒï¼‰ / 文屋康秀å°�野å°�町 / 僧æ£é��照大å�‹é»’主 / 喜撰法師在原æ¥å¹³ / ï¼ˆå…æŒä»™å›³ï¼‰ (Rokkasen / (Six waka poems) / Funya no Yasuhide, Ono no Komachi / SÅ�jÅ� HenjÅ�, ÅŒtomo no Kuronushi / Kisen HÅ�shi, Arihara no Narihira / (Six Great Poets design)); on the hairdressing tool (kÅ�gai): 行年å…å��二æ‰�乙桺軒味墨(花押) (GyÅ�nen rokujÅ«ni sai OtsuryÅ«ken Miboku (kaÅ�)) (At the age of sixty-two, OtsuryÅ«ken Miboku [monogram])); on the sword guard (tsuba), on the obverse: 乙桺軒味墨(花押) (OtsuryÅ«ken Miboku (kaÅ�)); on the reverse: 行年å…å��三æ‰� (GyÅ�nen rokujÅ«san sai) (At the age of sixty-three)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (February 1947), p. 172, ill.