Joint archives of Kyoto Prefecture

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Joint archive of the Kyoto prefecture in Sakyō

The composite archive of Kyōto Prefecture ( Japanese 府 立 総 合 資料 資料 , Kyōto Furitsu Sōgō Shiryōkan , Eng. Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives ) is a 1963 in the municipality (-ku) Sakyō of the city (-shi) Kyōto in the [city] prefecture (-fu) Kyōto opened a cultural association consisting of a library, archive and museum. As such, it has the task of collecting, preserving, researching and making available to the public books, manuscripts, old documents, art and handicraft materials related to the city prefecture of Kyoto. The library houses, among other things, the "literature of the Tō-ji " ( 東 寺 百合 文書 , Tōji Hyakugō Monjo ), which goes back to the Heian period and which is both declared as a national treasure and is part of the UNESCO World Document Heritage .

overview

The composite archive was opened in 1963 in the north of Kyoto, a part with many cultural institutions such as the Kyoto Botanical Garden, the Kyoto Prefectural University and the Kyoto Concert Hall. At that time, the composite archive received 180,000 of the 210,000 books from the Kyōto Prefectural Library ( 京都 府 立 図 書館 ). Today the library has 320,000 books. In addition, the composite archive stores handicrafts, historical toys, dolls and historical documents from temples, shrines and old families. The administration is the responsibility of the non-profit cultural foundation Kyōto.

Collections

The focus of the collecting activity is concentrated on the city prefecture of Kyoto. For example, the archive preserves the book collection of Ninagawa Torazō (1897–1981), a former governor of Kyoto, and of Prof. Yoshida Mitsukuni (1921–1991), former head of the old Kyōto Museum of Culture ( 京都 文化 博物館 ). It also owns the book collection and estate of the poet and writer Yoshii Isamu as well as works, estate, manuscripts and materials on the Marxist economist Kawakami Hajime (1879–1946).

In addition, the composite archive also stores the official documents of the authorities of old prefectures, such as those of the Toyooka and Miyazu prefectures, which no longer exist, and all documents of the Kyōto city prefecture as well as documents of the former administrative districts ( - gun ) in Kyoto. Many valuable manuscripts and documents from the Tō-ji temple dating back to Kūkai are also housed in the archive.

The network archive also keeps individual collections from citizens of Kyoto. Taken together, these collections comprise 41,800 individual items that provide information about history and folk customs. For example the collection of the painter Yoshikawa Kanpō (1894–1979), which was compiled by him over a period of 70 years and which, with its 15,000 individual pieces, gives an insight into the customs and traditions of Japan. It includes clothing, household items, toys, weapons, paintings, manuscripts and books by Buddhist and Shinto monks, local business people and members of the civil nobility ( Kuge ) and the aristocracy ( Buke ). Mikazuki Kennosuke, who lives in Kyoto, has a collection of 12,000 dolls and toys from Japan and Southeast Asia from the beginning of the Shōwa period . In addition, the composite archive keeps two other smaller collections: a collection of around 100 traditional Japanese musical instruments by Satake Tōzaburō and the ceramic and porcelain collection by Kiyomizu Rokubē with 300 individual pieces.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nomination form International Memory of the World - Register Archives of Tōji temple contained in one-hundred boxes Tōji Hyakugō Monjo. (PDF) Japanese Commission of the Unesco, 2014, accessed February 15, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Joint archive of the Kyōto prefecture: 行政 文書 (所 蔵 資料 の 概要) , 郡 役 所 文書
  3. ↑ a b 現 物 資料 (総 合 資料 館) . Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives, accessed February 15, 2015 (Japanese).
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Ninagawa is the family name, Torazō the first name.

Coordinates: 35 ° 3 ′ 2 ″  N , 135 ° 45 ′ 59.1 ″  E