A year later the library lost nearly 28,000 books to the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923 . It was rebuilt in Ookayama , Meguro , making its size 862 m2 . At the founding of the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1929 , the library was legally recognised . Following World War II in 1948 , a library committee was formed . During the 1970s a second building was constructed for the library in Nagatsuta
Great Kantō earthquake
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
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