Art Museum - Art Museum

Japanese: 芸亭院 - うんていいん
Art Museum - Art Museum

…It is said to be the first public library in Japan. It is also called Geitei-in. According to the biography of Takutsugu in the June 781 entry in the Shoku Nihongi, he remodeled his house to build the Ashiyukuji temple, and in the southeast corner of the temple he set up an area centered around a library of apocrypha, which he named Geitei and allowed scholars to freely browse. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Giteiin" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本最初の公開図書館とされる。芸亭院ともいう。《続日本紀》天応1年(781)6月条の宅嗣の伝などによれば,彼は自宅を改造して阿閦寺(あしゆくじ)を建立し,寺の南東隅に外典(げてん)の書庫を中心とする一区域を設けて芸亭と名付け,好学者に自由に閲覧させたという。…

※「芸亭院」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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