The story
Founded by Ōkura Kihachirō in 1873.1
Taisei was founded in 1873 as Okuragumi Shokai Company (大倉組商会, Ōkuragumi Shōkai). It became Nippon Doboku Co., Ltd. (有限責任日本土木会社, Yūgen Sekinin Nippon Doboku Kaisha) in 1887, and was renamed Taisei Corporation in 1946.
1873 October - Okura Kihachiro founded Okuragumi Shokai.
1887 March - Nippon Doboku Co., Ltd. was established as a limited liability company.
1892 November - Dissolution of Nippon Doboku Co., Ltd and establishment of Okura Doboku Gumi (大倉土木組).
1911 November - Renamed to Kabushiki Gaisha Okura Gumi (株式会社大倉組).
1920 - Renamed to Nippon Doboku Kabushiki Gaisha (日本土木株式会社).
1924 - Renamed to Okura Doboku Kabushiki Gaisha (大倉土木株式会社).
1946 January - Renamed to Taisei Corporation.
From Wikipedia’s article on Taisei Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5
