Government-General of Chōsen Library

The Government-General of Chōsen Library (Japanese: 朝鮮総督府図書館, Korean: 조선총독부 도서관) was a library in Sogong-dong, Keijō (Seoul), Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan from 1923 to 1945.

[1][2] It was succeeded by the South Korean National Library of Korea thereafter.

[2] The library was conceptualized as part of the "cultural rule [ja; ko]" (文化政治, bunka seiji) movement of the Government-General of Chōsen.

[3] The main library building was constructed in Sogong-dong, Jung District from March to December 1923.

The original building was sold to Lotte Hotel in October 1973, and the transfer was finalized in July 1974.