Mei with unknown Kanji

[Ludolf Richter]

Hi experts,I am going to buy a Tsuba with a Mei not to be found in my index books and my Tosogu Database.Maybe this is a different or old writing for the first Kanji,eg.the one with JI,SHI,toki,yori,yoshi?Ludolf

[Nobody]

I think that the first kanji is a variation of 時 (toki). So, the name may be Tokitoshi (時壽).

[Ludolf Richter]

Thank you very much.It could be an hizerto unknown artist because there is no Tokitoshi with these Kanji in the books.Ludolf

[Nobody]

I do not know its correct reading. But the 2nd kanji also reads naga, nobu, hisa, hiro, and so on.

[Ludolf Richter]

Thanks!No Toki_xx fits.Maybe not an unknown artist,but a known one with an alternate Go,not yet recorded?Ludolf