Later, Fumimaro KONOE, who was the family head during the Showa period and served as the Prime Minister in the turbulent era up to the outbreak of the Second World War, decided to establish the Yomei Bunko Foundation in 1938 to permanently store the family treasure of historical materials. |
その後、昭和期の当主であり、第二次大戦開戦に至る激動の時代に総理大臣を務めた近衛文麿は昭和13年(1938年)に財団法人陽明文庫を設立し、家蔵の資料の永久保存を図ることとした。 |