Onko Gakkai Hall

温故学会会館

Onko Gakkai Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo, is a registered Tangible Cultural Property built to store the woodblocks of Gunsho Ruiju, a National Important Cultural Property of 17244 plates. Construction began in August 1926 and finished in March 1927 under Shimizu Group, now Shimizu Corporation. The reinforced-concrete two-story building keeps woodblock storehouses on both floors to the right of the entrance, with offices below and a lecture hall above. The hall has 27 tatami mats and a tokonoma in a Japanese-Western layout. Address: 2-9-1 Higashi, Shibuya-ku. Postal code 150-0011. Telephone 03-3400-3226.