 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yunivhesiti yakabhadharwa nehurumende yeMeiji muna 1877 pasi pezita rayo razvino nekubatanidza zvikoro zvehurumende zvekare zvekurapa, nyanzvi dzakasiyana siyana dzechinyakare uye kudzidza kwemazuva ano. Yakapiwa zita rokuti the muna 1886, uye ipapo muna 1897 apo Imperial University system yakasikwa. Muna September 1923, kudengenyeka kwenyikauye moto wakatevera wakaparadza mavhoriyamu anenge 750 000 eImperial University Library. Mabhuku akarasika aisanganisira, muunganidzwa wemabhuku anenge 10 000. Mabhuku acho aimbova aHoshino Hisashi asati ava chikamu cheraibhurari yeyunivhesiti uye ainyanya kutaura nezvouzivi hweChina uye nhoroondo. 