Untei (English spelling)

Japanese: 芸亭 - うんてい（英語表記）Untei

It is pronounced "untei." At the end of the Nara period (the year of establishment is unknown), the scholar Isonokami Yakatsugu turned his old house in Nara into a temple and placed this library in one corner of the building. In the latter half of the Nara period, Yakatsugu witnessed the process of the Fujiwara clan gaining control of power and the corruption of Buddhism as it became linked with politics. In his later years, he aimed to explore new ideas by unifying Buddhism and Confucianism, and opened Uitei as a place for reading, reflection and discussion. It is thought that people with the same aspirations gathered to learn and discuss. It is said to be Japan's first public library, and although it was not a closed organization solely for the Mononobe clan to which Yakatsugu belonged, given its nature it would be more appropriate to call it a members-only library. It was lost at some point after Yakatsugu's death. [Reference] Isonokami Yakatsugu

Source: Dictionary of Library and Information Science, 4th Edition Dictionary of Library and Information Science, 5th Edition About Information

Japanese:

「うんてい」と読む．奈良時代末期（設立年は不詳），文人石上宅嗣が，奈良の旧宅を阿寺とし，その一隅に置いた図書館．奈良時代後半，藤原氏が政権を掌握する過程や，仏教が政治と結び付いて腐敗する状況を見ていた宅嗣が，晩年になって仏教と儒教の統一による新たな思想の模索を目指し，読書，思索，論議の場として芸亭を開設した．同じ志を持つ人々が集い，学び，論議したと考えられている．日本最初の公開図書館といわれるが，宅嗣が属する物部氏一族のための閉鎖的な組織ではなかったものの，その性格からすれば会員制の図書館と呼ぶ方が適切か．宅嗣の死後いつしか失われた．[参照項目] 石上宅嗣（いそのかみのやかつぐ）

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