Sagami no Kami Morinaga

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Morinaga is a name from Seki, in Mino, in the Shintō period, borne by one or more smiths. One blade is signed with the honorific title Sagami no Kami and the uji Fujiwara, 相模守藤原盛永 (Sagami no Kami Fujiwara Morinaga), and on the other side of the tang he declares himself a resident of Seki, in Mino: 濃州関之住 (Nōshū Seki no jū). The signature does not give the generation, and the reference works consulted do not record his training, his master or his dates.