Kyoto Prefectural Library (京都府立図書館 Kyōto Furitsu Toshokan) is a prefectural

library A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vir ...

located in Seishoji-cho 9, Okazaki,

Sakyō-ku, Kyoto is one of the eleven wards in the city of 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 Emperor's left." When residing in the Kyoto Imperial Pa ...

, Kyoto 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 , or Kobe earthquake, occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST (January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC) in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region known as Hanshin. It measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and ha ...

* 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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* {{Authority control Libraries in Japan

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