Can anyone decipher the signature on this Japanese WWII Samurai sword for me??

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I recently got two Japanese WWII Samurai swords in a trade. One of them is an unsigned Navy sword, the other is a signed Army sword. I'm trying to decipher the signature on the Army sword, but I'm not having much luck. Here's some pics of the signature on the Army sword:
ArmySword.jpg

ArmySword2.jpg

ArmySignature1.jpg

ArmySignature2.jpg


Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated!

Thanks
 
first 2 charactor seems to be the name of the smith or name of the swordsmith school. the last picture is the month and year the sword is made. looks like March of the 20th year of the japanese emperor' s reign.

this emperor reign is from 1926 to 1945, thus this blade is most likly made same year he surrend to uncle sam.
 
Smith's name is possibly Yoshihisa or Tsunehisa, Yoshi being the more likely though not sure. Hisa is certainly the last kanji of his name.
The date is twentieth year of Showa, third month. So, March 1945.
 
昭和二十？年三月
showa 20?year 3rd month (can't read that other character)

清久
kiyohisa (possibly)

can you take a better picture of the characters?
 
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