KUNIMITSU (国光), 1st gen., Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Fukuoka – “Kunimitsu” (国光), “Chikushū-jū Komiya Kuniyasu Shirō Kunimitsu oyako-gassaku” (筑州住小宮国安四郎国光親子合作, “joint work of father and son Shirō Kunimitsu and Komiya Kuniyasu from Chikugo”), “Komiya Shirō Kunimitsu” (小宮四郎国光), real name Komiya Shirō (小宮四郎), born March 26th 1894, son of Sonoda Seki (園田積) and nephew of the 2nd gen. Mutō Hisahiro (武藤久広) he is counted as 4th gen. of the Hisahiro lineage, died January 15th 1988, kihin-jōi (Akihide), Special Honor Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀 展覧会, 1941)

三元住 (San Gen-jū): “residing in Sangen” 小宮四郎国光 (Komiya Shirō Kunimitsu):

皇紀二千五百九十六年 (Kōki 2598): = 1938 the 2658th year of the founding of the empire 奉納 (hōnō): A formal dedication or offering to a shrine or temple.

三島神社七百年祭記念: Commemorating the 700th anniversary festival of Mishima Shrine.

氏子平田市太郎: Parishioner (ujiko) named Hirata Ichitarō