page_title: Taisei Corporation
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Taisei Corporation / History
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 1893年シカゴ万博の日本館「鳳凰殿」。はっぴ姿は建設を担当した日本人大工たち。 日本語: dedication of Ho-o-den (Phoenix Temple of Japan, Jackson Park) May, 1893 Workmen stand at forefront, a white cross across their backs certfiying their status as master carpenters. Upstairs the higher-ups mingle with the Americans,
context_page_description: Taisei Corporation is a Japanese corporation founded in 1873. Its main areas of business are building construction, civil engineering, and real estate development. Taisei's headquarters are located at Shinjuku Center Building in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo.
  Taisei has 15 branch offices, 1 technology center, 46 domestic offices, 12 overseas offices, 29 consolidated subsidiaries and 43 affiliated companies accounted for by the equity-method.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Nippon Doboku Co., Ltd staff at the dedication of Ho-o-den May, 1893
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