I think I've found the brother of your guitar in Bizarre Guitars of the 60's. Unfortunately, if the Japanese can't make a positive ID, there is probably not much hope for us.
Stylistically, it is in the Teisco/Kawai camp but I feel like if it was a Teisco/Kawai, it would have had a positive ID in the book.
It could have easily been marketed in the US as a Silvertone.
Here's the picture:

Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:08 pm
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