Hōsa Library

Hōsa Library is a modern facility that has housed Japanese and Chinese classical texts from the Owari Tokugawa family collection since 2004. The building contains thousands of books and manuscripts spread across multiple exhibition areas and organized systematically for researchers to access.

The library was founded in 1950 and preserved documents and manuscripts belonging to the Tokugawa family, one of Japan's most influential feudal families. Its collections document knowledge and administrative practices spanning several centuries of feudal rule.

The library displays materials reflecting knowledge and thinking from the samurai period and works with the nearby Tokugawa Art Museum on exhibitions. Visitors experience here the intellectual legacy of one of Japan's most powerful feudal families through their collected writings.

The library is located at 1001 Tokugawa-cho in Nagoya and requires visitors to register in advance to view the collections. Parking with roughly 80 car spaces and dedicated bus lanes are available on site.

The library allows visitors to study rare Japanese and Chinese manuscripts in a controlled reading room, with time slots assigned for each document. This opportunity to examine original texts directly is especially valuable for those researching East Asian scholarly traditions.

Location: Tokugawachō

Inception: 1950

Website: http://housa.city.nagoya.jp

GPS coordinates: 35.18438,136.93227

Latest update: December 11, 2025 11:04