和刕吉正
生茎ニ古拙ナ二字銘ヲ有シ銘鑑ニハ漏レルト雖モ地刃ニハ手掻派ノ特色ガ窺ヒ知ラレ古朴而滋
味豊也
刃⻑弐尺壱寸八分半
時在癸卯歴如月
探山識「花押」

Washū Yoshimasa
Ubu-nakago ni kosetsu na niji-mei o yūshi meikan ni wa moreru to iedomo jiba ni wa Tegai-ha no tokushoku ga ukagai shirare koboku shkamo jimi yutaka nari. Hachō ni-shaku issun hachi-bu han Jizai mizunoto-usagidoshi kisaragi Tanzan shirusu + kaō

Yoshimasa from Yamato Province
[This blade has an] ubu-nakago and bears an old-looking and unpretentious two-character signature. The smith is not listed in the meikan records, but the jiba reflects the characteristic features of the Tegai School. The blade is of a simple and unadorned interpretation and is full of delicate
nuances.
Blade length ~ 66.2 cm
Written by Tanzan [Tanobe Michihiro] in February of the year of the hare of this era (2023) +
monogram.