Momijiyama Bunko

This was the Edo Shogunate's library, located at the foot of a hill called Momijiyama, in the center of Edo Castle. It was also called the Fuzan Bunko. Based on Tokugawa Ieyasu's book collection, successive Shoguns made an effort to collect books, and with the Shogunate's authority, many valuable ancient Japanese and Chinese books, including Chinese books imported from Nagasaki, were collected. The books were managed by Bugyo (magistrate of books) and doshin (police officers) such as Aoki Konyo and Kondo Morishige (Juzo), and were made available to the Shogun and scholars among the Shogunate's retainers. When the library was abolished in 1866 (Keio 2), it contained approximately 110,000 books. Most of them are currently kept at the National Archives of Japan, and some are kept in the Imperial Household Agency's Archives and Mausolea Department.

[Fukui Tamotsu]

"Momijiyama Library and the Book Magistrate" by Junzaburo Mori (1978, Rinkawa Shoten)" ▽ "Momijiyama Library" by Tamotsu Fukui (1980, Gogakusha)

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江戸城の中央、紅葉山とよばれる丘の麓(ふもと)にあった江戸幕府の図書館。楓山(ふうざん)文庫ともよばれた。徳川家康の蔵書を基礎として、歴代将軍が図書の収集に努め、幕府の権威によって、長崎から輸入された漢籍など、貴重な和漢古書が多数集められた。青木昆陽、近藤守重(もりしげ)（重蔵）らの書物奉行(ぶぎょう)や同心が管理にあたり、将軍や幕臣中の学者の利用に供した。1866年（慶応2）に文庫が廃止されたとき約11万冊の蔵書があった。その大部分は現在国立公文書館に、一部は宮内庁書陵部に所蔵されている。

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『森潤三郎著『紅葉山文庫と書物奉行』（1978・臨川書店）』▽『福井保著『紅葉山文庫』（1980・郷学舎）』

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