Unknown Tsuba Mei

[Ludolf Richter]

Hi experts,I need help with this Tsuba Mei.Ludolf

[k morita]

Hi, :D

As you know,"Suifu" means Mito.

I don't know whether "Shiba" is a art name or a family name.

[Ludolf Richter]

Thanks Morita san!There is no such go or family name from Mito (or any other province!) to be found in Haines and the Japanese index books (and my data base) and Markus Sesko's "Genealogies..." about the schools or families of Mito.So it may be a hitherto not yet recorded go of an independent tsuba artist,who may be in the books with a differenent go.

The pic is from an Italian auction (Czernys) to come,where the name was wrongly called "Tomoaki".Ludolf