Talk:Kogitsunemaru/@comment-27564144-20160513090607/@comment-28150993-20160516153940

According to the Noh theatre play "Kokaji", the sword Kogitsunemaru has 2 inscriptions: "Kokaji Munechika" on the face and "Kogitsune" (little fox) on the back of the blade. It's normal for swordsmiths to engrave their name on their swords. Sanjou Munechika usually engraved either "Sanjou" or "Munechika", but in this story, he engraved "Kokaji Munechika" and "Kogitsune" to acknowledge the Inari deity that created the sword with him.