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The 'Terauchi Library' (寺內文庫) held by Gyeongnam University Museum consists of Joseon-period documents returned from the Terauchi Library founded in Japan (now held by Yamaguchi Prefectural University) by Terauchi Masatake (1852–1919), who served as the third Resident-General and first Governor-General of Joseon and later as Prime Minister of Japan, and who took to Japan the materials he had collected while serving in Korea. The Terauchi Library at Yamaguchi Prefectural University in Japan is said to hold around 1,000 titles, some 1,500 items, of documents related to Joseon. Of these, Gyeongnam University Museum received 98 titles in 135 volumes and one scroll (1,959 items) as a donation from Yamaguchi Prefectural University, Japan, on 24 January 1996, and now displays and preserves them. These artefacts were able to be returned through a combination of Gyeongnam University's active and sustained determination to recover cultural heritage, the Terauchi family's willingness to donate them, and the cooperation of the Korea-Japan Parliamentarians' Union, and the case is regarded as a model example of the recovery of cultural heritage that had been taken out of the country. The holdings of Gyeongnam University Museum carry added significance as cultural heritage taken out of the country during a period of hardship for Korea was recovered in bulk through cooperation among the public, government and academic sectors.

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Where it is

Region

Changwon, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산