The Congo Gumi Kabushiki Gaisha the Congo Gumi) was with 1428 years the company with world-wide longest continuous firm history. It was created in the year 578, when Shotoku Taishi of members of the family the Congo from Baekje in today's Korea got to Japan, in order to let the buddhistischen Shitennoji temple in Osaka build. The temple exists still, however has only one resounds the Second World War projected. In the course of the centuries the family built many further well-known buildings as for example in 16. Century the castle Osaka.

In one over three meters scroll from that is enough for 17. Century can be retraced the trace of the company 39 generations. As common in Japan, sons-in-law often came into the clan by marriage, whom the surname the Congo took over and so the line over sons and daughters maintained.

Already briefly before the Second World War, when armament was more important than temple, the company had Existenzprobleme. The company was saved by a storm, which destroyed a Pagode in the well-known Shitenno Ji temple and which was again developed by the Congo Gumi.

From for the enterprise came with the assumption by the building contractor Takamatsu, which can even already look back on a firm history of over 250 years. In January 2006 the Congo Gumi was dissolved because of indebtedness. It employed last conversion of 7.5 billion Yen (approx. 53 million "€) over 100 coworkers and proved in a report from April 2005 still another. The Chosun Ilbo: '' End to OF the Road for World' s Oldest Firm '', 15 December 2005 Masakazu the Congo was the 40. and the last Congo, which led the company.

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