It was a family-owned woodworking business that specialized in building tansu cabinets and butsudan. In 1951, Matsumoku was founded as Matsumoto Mokkō ('Matsumoto Woodworking Company') by Mr. Established in 1951 as a woodworking and cabinetry firm, Matsumoku is remembered as a manufacturer of guitars and bass guitars, including some Epiphone and Aria guitars. Matsumoku Industrial was a Japanese manufacturing company based in Matsumoto, Nagano, between 19.