Taisei Houkan
Taisei may refer to: * , a historical Japanese name for the " Far West", aka Europe *Taisei (given name) *Taisei (Ryukyu), a chief of the Ryūkyū Islands *Taisei Corporation, a construction company *Taisei Yokusankai The , or Imperial Aid Association, was the Empire of Japan's ruling organization during much of World War II. It was created by Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe on 12 October 1940, to promote the goals of his ("New Order") movement. It evolved i ...

Far West (Taixi)
The Far West is a Chinese and Japanese term for Europe, or more broadly, for the entire Western world as a cultural region comparable to East Asian cultural sphere. Originally a name for parts of Inner Asia and India, the term Far West as a Chinese exonym for the West was coined by the Italian Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci. Ricci invented the phrase as an Asian parallel to the Eurocentric notion of the Far East, which positioned Europe as a region on the fringes of a Sinocentric world. The term Far West was also used in Japan and appears in many Japanese publications. History China It was originally used in China as a name denoting parts of Inner Asia and India. The meaning of the term was changed to encompass Europe during the Chinese Ming dynasty. This semantic change is credited to the Italian Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci, who used the Far West as the Asian counterpart to the Eurocentric concept of the Far East. The Jesuits called India the Little West () and identified their ...
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Taisei (given Name)
Taisei (written: 大成, 泰成, 太勢, 大晟 or 大聖) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese chief of the Ryukyu Islands *, Japanese former football player *, Japanese football player *, Japanese musician *, Japanese football player *, Japanese professional baseball player *, Japanese football player * Taisei Okazaki Taisei Okazaki (born 23 March 1982 in Kagoshima Prefecture）is a Japanese musician, DJ, and music producer who has produced music with Lord Kimo (the original member of Asian Dub Foundation) since 2009. He has been ranked #46 in The Greates ... (born 1982), Japanese musician, DJ and music producer *, Japanese freestyle skier {{given name Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ...
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Taisei (Ryukyu)
was a legendary local ruler of Okinawa Island. He was the second ruler of the Eiso dynasty; that is, his father was King Eisō and his son was King Eiji. The years of Taisei's reign were uneventful. Taisei was the grandfather of Tamagusuku.Kerr, Notes References * Kerr, George H. (1965). ''Okinawa, the History of an Island People.'' Rutland, Vermont: C.E. Tuttle CoOCLC 39242121* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002) ''Japan Encyclopedia.''Cambridge: Harvard University Press Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. After the retir .... OCLC 48943301 1247 births 1309 deaths Kings of Ryūkyū 13th-century Ryukyuan people 14th-century Ryukyuan people {{RyukyuKingdom-stub ...
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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. Overview Taisei Corporation is one of the five so called Japanese , the other four being Kajima Corporation, Shimizu Corporation, Takenaka Corporation and Obayashi Corporation. Taisei Corporation has its roots in Okura established by Baron Ōkura Kihachirō (大倉 喜八郎). Following the dissolution of the zaibatsu after World War II, Taisei was restructured as an employee-owned corporation and is currently the only employee-owned Japanese large scale general contractor among the "super general contractors"; the other four are owned and controlled b ...
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