page_title: Kisha Seizo
hierarchical_section_title: Kisha Seizo
caption_attribution_description: 日本国有鉄道233号蒸気機関車の銘板（汽車製造）
context_page_description: Kisha Seizo Co., Ltd. was a Japanese manufacturer of railway rolling stock that existed from 1896 to 1972.
  1896: Established by Masaru Inoue as the Kisha Seizo Joint Stock Company.
  1899: Factory opened in Osaka.
  1901: Merged with the Hiraoka Factory, a coach and car maker in Tokyo. The two plants were reorganized as the Osaka Head Office and the Tokyo Branch.
  1912: Becomes Kisha Seizo Co., Ltd. after corporate restructuring.
  1936: Head office moved to Tokyo; Osaka Head Office becomes Osaka Branch.
  1944: The two branches renamed Osaka Works and Tokyo Works respectively.
  1968: Construction of railway wagon factory in Utsunomiya.
  1972: Merged with Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
context_section_description: Kisha Seizo Co., Ltd. (汽車製造株式会社, Kisha Seizō Kabushiki Gaisha) was a Japanese manufacturer of railway rolling stock that existed from 1896 to 1972. 
  1896: Established by Masaru Inoue as the Kisha Seizo Joint Stock Company (汽車製造合資会社, Kisha Seizō Gōshi Kaisha).
  1899: Factory opened in Osaka.
  1901: Merged with the Hiraoka Factory (平岡工場, Hiraoka Kōjō), a coach and car maker in Tokyo. The two plants were reorganized as the Osaka Head Office and the Tokyo Branch.
  1912: Becomes Kisha Seizo Co., Ltd. (汽車製造株式会社) after corporate restructuring.
  1936: Head office moved to Tokyo; Osaka Head Office becomes Osaka Branch.
  1944: The two branches (factories) renamed Osaka Works and Tokyo Works respectively.
  1968: Construction of railway wagon factory in Utsunomiya.
  1972: Merged with Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
caption: Builder's plate of No. 233
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