Ishikawa Takeyoshi Memorial Library

The Ishikawa Takeyoshi Memorial Library (Ishikawa Takeyoshi Kinen Toshokan) is a private library in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The library first opened in December 1947 as the Ochanomizu Library, for the exclusive use of women; men have been admitted since its reorganization in October 2003. The library is named after Ishikawa Takeyoshi (1887–1961), founder of Japanese publishing house Shufunotomo, who, in 1941, established the predecessor of today's Ishikawa Takeyoshi Memorial Library General Foundation, the change in name and legal form occurring in 2013. Since the 2003 reorganization, the library has had two sections, the Library of Modern Women's Periodicals and the Seikidō Bunko, which specializes in classical Japanese literature and includes the Chikuhakuen and Mutō Collections.

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