Mark with Japanese Mark: 藤原元儔 "Fujiwara Mototomo" | #458252

藤原元儔 "Fujiwara Mototomo". This mark is from a kozuka, which is the hilt of a small, secondary knife. It was made by Mototomo, who worked as a sword engraver (soukenkinkou) in Hitachi Province (present-day Ibaraki Prefecture). Soukenkinkou is the Japanese name for metalworkers who design accessories for bladed weapons.