Swordsmith signature - please help me

Hi Stan,

can you help me please?
The first caracter - yama
second - moto?
third - yasu ?
The other caracters i can not read.
I hope it is not a chinese fake.

Thanks
Burkhardt

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Chinese?

Sorry, but I'm guessing "Chinese fake".
The signature is Yamamoto "something" - it is too small and crisp.
The tang looks like it was artificially rusted perhaps, to make it look older.
The shape of the tip is bad.

Pete

Hi Burkhardt, I'm afraid I

Hi Burkhardt,

I'm afraid I have to agree with Pete.

Regards,
Stan

Hi Pete and Stan, Thank you

Hi Pete and Stan,

Thank you very much for help.

Burkhardt