Here's the 2nd pass of my Tokyo-based Japanese friend.
He qualified that it's not easy to decipher the meaning, but this would be his best try:
[1] 1st to 3rd Kanji is " TEN KA ICHI "
[2] 4th to 5th Kanji is " MATSU MURA "
[3] 6th to 8th Kanji is " INA BA JYOU "
[4] 9th to 10th Kanji is " SHIGE YOSHI "
And his best "guess" of what all the above mean is:
"1" is a common name or the generic name for all mirror manufacturers in that period;
"2" is the name of the family that manufactures the mirror;
"3" is the place where the mirror was made; and
"4" is first name of mirror's maker.
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