Kyoto Prefectural Library (京都府立図書館 Kyōto Furitsu Toshokan) is a prefectural
library
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located in Seishoji-cho 9, Okazaki,
Sakyō-ku, Kyoto
is one of the eleven Wards of Kyoto, wards in the Municipalities of Japan, city of Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is located in the northeastern part of the city.
History
The meaning of ''sakyō'' (左京) is "on the Em ...
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Kyoto Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Kyoto Prefecture has a population of 2,561,358 () and has a geographic area of . Kyoto Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the northeast, Shiga Prefecture ...
. It was established in 1873, and is supported by the Kyoto prefectural government.
History
* 1873: Opened as Shushoin Library (Closed 1882)
* 1898: Opened as the Kyoto Prefectural Library in Kyoto-gyoen
* 1909: Opened as the Kyoto Prefectural Library in Okazaki, Kyoto
* 1963: Many books transferred to the
Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives
* 1995: The main building suffered serious damage in the
Great Hanshin earthquake
The Great Hanshin Earthquake (, ) occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region of Hanshin. It measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum intensity of 7 o ...
* 2001: Opened as a new building
Branch libraries
* 1949: Kawaramachi Branch Library opened (Closed May 1976)
* 1950: Fushimi Branch Library opened. (Closed March 1988)
* 1950: Miyazu Region Branch Library opened. (Closed March 1997)
* 1950: Ayabe Region Branch Library opened. (Closed September 1966)
* 1950: Mineyama Region Branch Library opened. (Closed March 1997)
* 1951: Kamigyo Branch Library opened. (Closed May 1976)
* 1952: Sonobe Region Branch Library opened. (Closed November 1966)
* 1952: Kitakuwata Region Branch Library opened. (Closed March 1980)
* 1952: Kizu Region Branch Library opened. (Closed March 1975)
* 1957: Nakagyo Branch Library opened by taking over administration of Kawaramachi Branch Library. (Closed March 2001)
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