The state of the first Kawada Bunko
In 1925, former minister to the imperial household Mitsuaki Tanaka, who was from Sakawa and was sympathetic to Kawada's activities, offered funds, donated his own collection, and newly constructed the library and collections building, renaming it "Seizan Bunko" - replacing "Kawada" with his own pseudonym "Seizan". After this, although Seizan Bunko developed in accordance with the wishes of the local people and strengthened its function as a museum, the management faced problems before and during the war as society changed. Then in 1947, the management commissioned Sakawa Town with its operation.
In 1925, former minister to the imperial household Mitsuaki Tanaka, who was from Sakawa and was sympathetic to Kawada's activities, offered funds, donated his own collection, and newly constructed the library and collections building, renaming it "Seizan Bunko" - replacing "Kawada" with his own pseudonym "Seizan". After this, although Seizan Bunko developed in accordance with the wishes of the local people and strengthened its function as a museum, the management faced problems before and during the war as society changed. Then in 1947, the management commissioned Sakawa Town with its operation.
Kawada Bunko Entrance
Toyotaro Kawada
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The stacks
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Archaeology room
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Imperial Household related
material special exhibition hall -
Loyalism great room
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Loyalism great person room
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The 2nd floor of treasure house
After this there were strong hopes for making Seizan Bunko a general museum, and in 1963, the Kochi government, who had been handed the entire donations of Mitsuaki Tanaka, relocated it to Oku-no-doi, and opened it as the "Kochi Prefecture Local Culture Assembly Annex Seizan Bunko".
However, in 1988 Sakawa Town was once again commissioned with its operation. In 1991, Seizan Bunko was handed over from Kochi Government to Sakawa Town, and from 1992, it reopened as "Sakawa Municipal Seizan Bunko".