Help translating guitar lable

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Hi. Would appreciate if someone could help translate this old guitar label. Thanks.

 

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Big characters in the middle: kisaragi/きさらぎ/如月. Which is for 'second month'/February.

That's a a really strange name for a guitar maker (or person), one I've never heard before.

On the right the third and fourth characters are: tetsukuri/手作, or 'handmade'--BUT, note that any guitar builder that hand builds guitars will just put their name on the label, and they would never add that, since it would be cheap/crass to do so. Which means this is not really a handmade guitar.

 

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Thanks so much for your translation. Really appreciate it!

 

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The manufacturer is K. Yairi Gakki (Yairi Instruments). The left side says "Made by Yairi Kazuo". Right side says 極上手作 (Finest handmade item).
It's more or less typical of vintage guitar labels. You can find similar items on Japanese auction sites.

矢入かずを作 如月 ヤイリギター D-980「中古」の落札価格｜その他｜Yahoo!オークション(旧ヤフオク!) 落札相場- オークファン（aucfan.com）

矢入かずを作 如月 ヤイリギター D-980(Yahoo!オークション(旧ヤフオク!) )は1件の入札を集めて、2015/08/16 22:10に落札されました。

aucview.aucfan.com

 

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Thanks so much for the in depth translation and also the auction link

 

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Majestic said:

The manufacturer is K. Yairi Gakki (Yairi Instruments). The left side says "Made by Yairi Kazuo". Right side says 極上手作 (Finest handmade item).
It's more or less typical of vintage guitar labels. You can find similar items on Japanese auction sites.

矢入かずを作 如月 ヤイリギター D-980「中古」の落札価格｜その他｜Yahoo!オークション(旧ヤフオク!) 落札相場- オークファン（aucfan.com）

矢入かずを作 如月 ヤイリギター D-980(Yahoo!オークション(旧ヤフオク!) )は1件の入札を集めて、2015/08/16 22:10に落札されました。

aucview.aucfan.com

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Thanks for the link.
I saw a Gibson L6 for a bit over 1 million yen. I think the ad was wrong. Should be an LS6 . Anyway I always thought they sounded better then the Standard Studio Les Paul, which I currently own. Interesting link.
I'm actually trying to sell my gear at the moment.