History of Japan Imperial Library : The Tale of Modern Japan's' Wisdom' Chuko Shinsho

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Japanese History
Chuko Shinsho / Meiji Japan set out on the road to a modern nation. In order to support the "knowledge" of the nation, a national library and an imperial library were built. However, the road to do so was difficult. Although the goal was to become "Number 1 in the East," the budget was chronically insufficient, and the archives were too small to store materials satisfactorily. During the war, they also suffered from the evacuation of materials. What kind of thoughts did people come to such imperial library? This book vividly copies 80 years of history from its predecessor, the book library, to the time when it was integrated into National Diet Library in 1949.