Miyamoto Musashi Masana

(in inscription cartouche)

石川軍東斎厳流の高弟にしてよく両刀を遣ふ諸国修行の時山路に迷ひ凶器に至るに妖物にあふ宮本手練の切先？なく是を打世に云野衾也とぞ

He was the top pupil of the Ishikawa Guntōsai school, using two swords. One time, when he was training in the various provinces, he got lost on a mountain road and stumbled upon a great evil. Miyamoto dealt with the threat with great dexterity, killing the thing called Nobusuma (野衾) with the tip of his sword.

(on offering box)

慶應三卯歳吉日　願主近久 Keiō san u sai kichinichi ganshu Kin-Kyū

Temple petitioner Kin-Kyū, on an auspicious day in Keiō 3, the year of the hare