Key facts
- Romanized name
- Kongō Gumi
- Company type
- Subsidiary (since 2006)
- Traded as
- TYO : 5578
- Industry
- Construction
- Founded
- AD 578 ; 1448 years ago ( 578 )
- Founder
- Shigemitsu Kongō
- Headquarters
- Osaka , Japan
- Parent
- Takamatsu Construction Group (2006–present)
- Website
- kongogumi.co.jp
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- construction company
- Country
- Japan
- Legal form
- kabushiki gaisha
- Official website
- www.kongogumi.co.jp
- Image
- Kongogumi (Head Office).JPG
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- Commons category
- Kongō Gumi
- inception
- 0578-00-00
- street address
- 〒543-0051 大阪市天王寺区四天王寺1丁目14番29号
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Encyclopedic overview
Kongō Yoshie, the 38th master carpenter of Kongō Gumi and employees
Kongō Gumi Co., Ltd. (株式会社金剛組, Kabushiki Gaisha Kongō Gumi) is a Japanese construction company purportedly founded in AD 578, making it the world's oldest documented company. The company mainly worked on the design, construction, restoration, and repair of shrines, temples, castles, and cultural heritage buildings. While Kongō Gumi historically specialized in traditional architecture, increased competition from major construction companies due to the growing use of concrete in shrines and temples resulted in the company becoming a subsidiary of the Takamatsu Construction Group in January 2006. However, its continuity as a separate legal entity remains unbroken and uninterrupted.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kongō Gumi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.