[ { "pname":"Address", "pvalue":"East Asia Department, Potsdamer Strasse 33, 10785 Berlin, Germany" } , { "pname":"Contact Person (Please replace the \"[ATMARK]\" with the symbol @ when e-mailing the contact person.)", "pvalue":"East Asia Department
Phone: +49 (0)30 266 436 001; Fax: +49 (0)30 266 336 001
E-mail: ostasienabt[ATMARK]sbb.spk-berlin.de

Dr. Ursula Flache (Ms)
Head of the Japan Section
Phone: +49 (0)30 266 436 106; Fax: +49 (0)30 266 336 001
E-mail: ursula.flache[ATMARK]sbb.spk-berlin.de

Christian Dunkel (Mr.)
Special Subject Librarian for Japan
Phone: +49 (0)30 266 436 100; Fax: +49 (0)30 266 336 001
E-mail: christian.dunkel[ATMARK]sbb.spk-berlin.de" } , { "pname":"Collection Size", "pvalue":"The collection comprises approximately 1150 titles with slightly more than 3700 volumes including printed books, manuscripts, maps and painted handscrolls. 850 titles have been catalogued so far (please see below)." } , { "pname":"Collection Description", "pvalue":"The collection of pre-modern Japanese material contains about 1150 titles, the oldest of them the Hyakumantō darani of 764-770 AD. It includes examples of early printing from Buddhist monasteries (Nara-ban, Tōdaiji-ban, Kasuga-ban, Gozan-ban, Negoro-ban, Kōya-ban) and some Saga-bon, but the majority of the material are printed books, maps and manuscripts from the Edo-period from all genres. There are also some very fine narrative handscrolls executed in the style of Nara e-hon." } , { "pname":"Material Availability for Researchers' Viewing/Examination", "pvalue":"To gain access to the collection users need a valid reader pass. Information on how to obtain a pass can be found on the website of Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
The material can be viewed in the special reading room of the Oriental and East Asia Department from Monday to Friday between 9 am and 3 pm.
Please contact the East Asia Department in advance about the material you wish to see. The request needs to be made at least one day in advance." } , { "pname":"Online Access to Relevant Bibliographic Information", "pvalue":"OPAC
The OPAC of the East Asian Department
All titles from the printed catalogue compiled by Eva Kraft are included here. The remaining pre-modern material is constantly added. If you want to browse the entire pre-modern collection, please switch to the English version of the site, select \"subject heading\" as search area and enter the term 古典籍.
We have currently 850 titles (hanpon, manuscripts, maps, emaki) catalogued and the entries can be found and searched for in the OPAC of the East Asia Department. Of these titles 643 items have been digitized and are available online free of charge. You can access them either through the OPAC or via the library’s website of the digital collections: http://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de. There is an English search interface available.
Our handscrolls are presented on dedicated website where they can be viewed in their entirety. " } , { "pname":"Printed Catalogs of Relevant Titles", "pvalue":"Detailed catalogues of the major collections of pre-modern materials in Germany were compiled by the late Dr. Eva Kraft between 1980 and 1990 and published in 5 volumes by Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, as: Japanische Handschriften und traditionelle Drucke aus der Zeit vor 1868 / beschrieben von Eva Kraft. (Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland / im Einvernehmen mit der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. Im Auftrag der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen. Bd. 27). Vol. 1: Im Besitz der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin, Staatsbibliothek und Staatliche Museen, Kunstbibliothek mit Lipperheidescher Kostümbibliothek, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Museum für Völkerkunde Stuttgart, 1982, ISBN: 3-515-03481-1 (The catalogue lists only material acquired up until 1981.)" } , { "pname":"Possibility of Material Reproduction", "pvalue":"The Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin does not allow users to photograph items themselves, but provides a full reprographics service. Details can be found on our website.
Images from items included in the catalogue by Eva Kraft can be found online in the digital collections of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin or through the OPAC (please see above).
In case of reproduction for publication purposes please contact the East Asia Department for more details." } , { "pname":"Publications on the Collection, beyond Catalogs", "pvalue":"" } , { "pname":"Other Relevant Information", "pvalue":"Library Home Page: East Asia Department" } ]