This is a firm where information is scarce. What I can find is it was located in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, and starting in 1948 made primarily acoustic Guitars, but also made Mandolins and Ukuleles too. As well as Maruha there is a second branding F. Hashimoto in Japan that is associated with it and in the US I have seen them branded Domino, however I have only seen this on Guitars not other instruments. What I have heard but been unable to verify is it was founded by Mr Fumio Hashimoto and continued in business until the 1980's, (certainly past 1978, the Guitars were all dated and I have seen one with this date). They apparently built some acoustic Guitar bodies for Teisco and Guyatone as well as their own products.
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