LEARNED INSTITUTIONS 



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Tokyo Imperial University Library 87,593 



Kyoto „ „ „ 623,063 



Tohokii „ „ „ 264,626 



Kyushu „ „ „ 107,298 



Hokkaido „ „ „ 130,974 



Note. Tokyo Imperial University Library had a collection 

 of 756,000 books before the disaster of 1923. 



(b) Public Libraries. 



The libraries for the general public are classified according to the 

 founders : the number of each class is as follows : — 



(i) Numbev. (Classitication according to Founders). 

 Government Libraries . 



3 



2,216 



IPrefectural ... 44] 



Municipal ... 78> . . . 



Town 2,094) 



Private 1,428 



Total 



3,647 



(ii) Number of Books. 



Government Libraries 

 Municipal „ 



Private ,, 



716,705 



3,957,387 



2,768,853 



Total 7,442,945 



(iii) Principal Libraries. 



Place 



Name 

 Imperial Library 

 Hibiya Library 

 Oriental Library 

 Kyoto Municipal Library 

 Osaka Municipal Library 

 Kobe Municipal Library 

 Nagasaki Pre. Nagasaki Library Nagasaki 

 Meiji Memorial Niigata Pre. Library Niigata 



Uveno Park, 



Tokyo 



Hibiya Park, „ 



Komagome, „ 



Okazaki Park, 



Kyoto 

 Nakanoshima 



Park, Osaka 



Kobe 



Founder 

 Government 

 Tokyo Munic. 

 Private 

 Kyoto Munic. 

 Osaka Munic. 

 Kobe 



Nagasaki Pre. 

 Niigata Pre. 



Books 

 613,595 

 82,871 

 85,000 

 94,229 

 181,135 

 40,458 

 40,465 

 43,276 



