Directory of Overseas Collections of
Old and Rare Japanese Books, Other Print Materials and Manuscripts

Well over 100 books journals, manuscripts, ephemera, graphic materials, realia, and reference materials.

Art Institute of Chicago. Ukiyo-e masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1973.

Clark, Timothy, and Osamu Ueda. The actor's image: print makers of the Katsukawa School. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1994.

Five centuries of Japanese kimono: on this sleeve of fondest dreams. (AIC Museum studies, 18, no. 1). Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1992.

Gentles, O. Margaret. Japanese prints. Vol. 2. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1965.

Gunsaulus, C. Helen. Japanese prints. Vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1955.

Hillier, Jack. The art of the Japanese book. London: Published for Sotheby's Publications by Philip Wilson Publishers, 1987.

Jenkins, Donald. Ukiyo-e prints and paintings. Primitive period. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1971. (Exhibition catalogue combining AIC prints and illustrated books with loans from other institutions)

Suzuki, Jūzō, et al. Shikago Bijutsukan. (Ukiyoe shūka, v. 4-6). Tōkyō: Shōgakkan, 1978-1980.

Hamish Todd
StudiesHead of East Asian Collections
Phone: +44 (0) 20-7412-7662
E-mail: hamish.todd[ATMARK]bl.uk

Yasuyo Ohtsuka
Curator Japanese Studies
Phone: +44 (0) 20-7412-7562
E-mail: yasuyo.ohtsuka[ATMARK]bl.uk

The foundations of the British Library's holdings of pre-modern Japanese material are the collections acquired from Engelbert Kaempfer, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Ernest Satow and William Anderson.

Japanese printed works printed before 1868 amount to approximately 4,000 titles starting with the Hyakumanto darani of 764-770 CE. All major categories of early Japanese printing are represented including more than 40 works printed in medieval Buddhist monasteries (Kasuga-ban, Jōdokyō-ban, Kōya-ban etc.) and 30 Chinese works printed in Japan (Gozan-ban).

There are 120 movable-type editions (kokatsuji-ban) including 11 Saga-bon and 7 books printed by the Jesuit Mission Press (Kirishitan-ban), notably the unique copy of the Feiqe monogatari of 1592/3.

The collection is strong in the field of illustrated works from the Edo Period. The pre-modern manuscript collection comprises 400 titles including over 20 Nara ehon. Single sheet items consist principally of some 300 surimono and 235 woodlock prints from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-5. The British Library holds over 400 woodblock-printed and manuscript Japanese maps, some held in the Asian and African Collections, other in the Map Collections.

Digital images for some Japanese manuscripts can be found in the Library'sDigitised Manuscripts.

• Digital images for Japanese design books can be found here:
  https://www.bl.uk/collection-guides/japanese-design-books


• Digital images of 235 woodblock prints from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-5 canbe found here:
  https://www.jacar.go.jp/english/jacarbl-fsjwar-e/gallery/index.html

Catalogue of early Japanese books in the British Library compiled by Kawase Kazuma and Okazaki Hisaji (Tokyo,1996). Includes pre-Meiji printed books and manuscripts acquired up to the mid-1980s. Records for material in this catalogue are currently being added to the online catalogue Explore Archives and Manuscripts.

Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese Books in the British Library Printed before 1700, by Kenneth B. Gardner (London and Tenri,1993). Contains detailed descriptions of 637 items printed in Japan up to the end of the Genroku Period (1704). Records of all material in this catalogue can be found on the online catalogue Explore Archives and Manuscripts.

Catalogue of Japanese Printed Books and Manuscripts in the Library of the British Museum, by Sir Robert K. Douglas (London, 1898 with a supplement in 1904). Includes printed books and manuscripts acquired before 1904. Note that the romanization system is non-standard and almost all works in this catalogue are also included in the two later catalogues mentioned above.

Manuscripts:

The Catalogue of early Japanese books in the British Library includes manuscripts written before 1868. Descriptions of the manuscripts are mixed with those of printed books but there is a separate index of manuscripts. Records of all Japanese manuscripts in this catalogue can be found on the online catalogue Explore Archives and Manuscripts.

Yu-Ying Brown, "The Von Siebold Collections in Tokugawa Japan", British Library Journal, I (1975), pp. 163-70; ii (1976), pp.38-55.

Yu-Ying Brown, Japanese Language Collections in the British Library (London: The British Library 1989).

Yu-Ying Brown, "Japanese Books and Manuscripts: Sloane's Japanese Library and the Making of the History of Japan" Arthur MacGragor (ed.), Sir Hans Sloane: Collector, Scientist , Antiquary, Founding Father of the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1994), pp. 278-290.

Yu-Ying Brown, "Origins and Charactersitics of the Japanese Collection in the British Library", British Library Journal, 24 (1), 1998, pp.144-157.

Kenneth B Gardner, "Engelbert Kaempfer's Japanese Library", Asia Major VII 1/2 (1959).

Kenneth B Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese Books in the British Library Printed before 1700 (London: The British Library, 1993).

Philip H. Harris, A History of the British Museum Library 1753-1973 (London: The British Library, 1998).

川瀬一馬, 岡崎久司共編, 大英図書館所蔵和漢書総目録 (=Catalogue of Early Japanese Books in the British Library (東京: 講談社, 1996)

Hamish A Todd, "The Satow Collection of Japanese Books in the British Library: its history and significance" in 大英図書館所蔵朝鮮本及び日本古書の文献学的･語学的研究 Fujimoto Yukio (ed) (Toyama: Toyama University, 2007).

• 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
• In München: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Deutsches Museum, Münchner Stadtmuseum - Puppentheatermuseum, Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Universitätsbibliothek Stuttgart 1986, ISBN: 3-515-04396-9
• In Bonn: Japanologisches Seminar der Universität; Bremen: Kunsthalle Bremen, Übersee-Museum; Hamburg: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Hamburgisches Museum für Völkerkunde; Köln: Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst Stuttgart 1988, ISBN: 3-515-05017-5
• In Bochum, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN: 3-515-05307-7
• In München: Neuerwerbungen der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek Stuttgart 1994, ISBN: 3-515-06223-8

Saki NOEL
Bibliothécaire spécialisée pour la langue Japonaise
Phone: +33 (1) 56 52 53 28; Fax: +33 (1) 56 52 53 54
E-mail: saki.noel[ATMARK]guimet.fr

Cristina Cramerotti
Conservatrice en chef
Phone: +33 (1) 56 52 53 24; Fax: +33 (1) 56 52 53 54
E-mail: cristina.cramerotti[ATMARK]guimet.fr

• Direction des Musées de France Catalogue collectif des bibliothèques des musées nationaux
• Universitätsbibliothek Karlsruhe, KVK dans le monde

高埜利彦（Takano Toshihiko）　「フランス国立ギメ東洋美術館所蔵の日本近世史料」学習院大学文学部研究年報　第34輯抜刷　（昭和62年度）pp. 55-102　[The annual Collection of Essays and Studies, Faculty of Letters, Gakushuin University, Vol. XXXIV (1987) pp. 55-102　]

Francis Macouin「Activités du musée Guimet, Bibliothèque」Arts Asiatiques : Annales du musée Guimet et du musée Cernuschi, Tome XL, 1985 pp.123-124

Keiko Omoto 「Quelques études préliminaires sur un recueil de poésie (WAKA) conservé á la bibliothéque du Musée Guimet 」Le Vase de béryl ; études sur le Japon et la Chine, en hommage á Bernard Frank, Arles, 1997 pp.261-270

秋山光和　編集「世界の美術館　14　ギメ東洋美術館」講談社　1968年

山口桂三郎著「浮世絵聚花　ギメ東洋美術館　パリ国立図書館」小学館　1980年

楢崎宗重　編著「秘蔵浮世絵大観　六　ギメ美術館Ｉ」講談社　1990年

楢崎宗重　編著「秘蔵浮世絵大観　七　ギメ美術館ＩＩ」講談社　1990年

平山郁夫、小林忠　編著「秘蔵日本美術大観　第六巻　ギメ美術館」講談社　1994年

文化財保存修復学会 (The Japanese Society for the Conservation of Cultural Property)　編集・発行「海外所在日本美術品調査報告6　パリ国立東洋美術館　絵画」1996年

The International Research Center for Japanese Studies, ed. << Index of Ukiyo-e in Western Collections : Report of Japanese Art Abroad Research Project vol. 6 >> Nichibunken Japanese Studies Series II 1996

Wood, Casey A. An introduction to the literature of vertebrate zoology, based chiefly on the titles in the Blacker Library of Zoology, the Emma Shearer Wood Library of Ornithology, the Bibliotheca Osleriana and other libraries of McGill University, Montreal. London: Oxford University Press, 1931.

Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. A dictionary catalogue of the Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1966.

Union Catalogue of Japanese Texts Part of the collection (Satow collection etc) is included.

Naraehon collection at Bodleian Japanese Library

Shogun Ieyasu's Shuinjo

The Tale of Urashima

Tytler, I.K.'Japan' The Bodleian Library: a Subject Guide to the Collections, ed. by G Walker, M Clapinson, and L Forbes. The Bodleian Library, Oxford, 2004, pp.145-147

Tytler, I.K. East meets West: original records of Western traders, travellers, missionaries and diplomats to 1852: Part 1: The Log Book of William Adams (1564-1620) and other manuscript and rare printed Materials from the Bodleian Library, Oxford' A listing and guides to Part 1 of the microfilm collection. Adam Matthew Publications, 1998.

Tytler, I.K. (with D Massarella) 'The Japonian charters: the English and Dutch shuinjo'. Monumenta Nipponica, 45, 1990, pp.190-205.

Tytler, I.K.'The Japanese collections in the Bodleian Library'. Japanese studies: papers presented at a colloquium at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 14-16 September 1988. British Library Occasional Papers, 11,1990, pp.113-122.

Nanjio, B. A catalogue of Japanese and Chinese books and manuscripts lately added to the Bodleian Library. Oxford, 1881.

Japan encountered: from the 16th to the 19th century: an exhibition of books and manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (an exhibition catalogue). The Bodleian Library, 1991.

Tytler, I.K.　オクスフォード大学ボドリアン図書館附属日本研究図書館所蔵の奈良絵本･絵巻コレクション　奈良絵本･絵巻国際会議ダブリン大会資料集　2008年3月22・23日　チェスタービーティーライブラリー　pp.27-32.

氣多恵子「オックスフォード大学図書館蔵モーズリー･コレクション」日本文学第50巻9号　(2000，9)　pp．29－39

氣多恵子　影印･翻刻オックスフォード大学ボドリアン図書館附属日本研究図書館蔵　「まつの拍子」「みつのなかれ」　武蔵野女子大学　能楽資料センター紀要　No.12　2000、pp.65-124

氣多恵子「オックスフォード大学ボドリアン図書館蔵マラン文庫和書目録＜往来･教訓･諸芸･漢籍漢学･その他＞」　お茶の水大学　大学院人間文化研究科　人間文化研究年報　第23号　（1999年度）2000年3月発行　pp．1－9

氣多恵子「オックスフォード大学ボドリアン図書館蔵マラン文庫和書目録＜文学･辞書篇＞」　お茶の水女子大学大学院　人間文化研究科　人間研究年報題22号（１９９８年度）1999年3月発行　pp．9－16

氣多恵子｢オックスフォード大学ボドリアン図書館附属日本研究図書館蔵｢三十六歌仙絵二種貼交｣ 十文字学園女子短期大学国語国文学会　十文字国文　第８号　(平成14年3月)　pp.31-74.

徳田和夫　｢ひな鶴｣　御伽草子事典　徳田和夫編　東京堂出版　2002、pp.412-413

勝俣隆 ｢オックスフォード大学ボドリアン図書館附属日本研究図書館所蔵｢酒呑童子｣　について - その絵から判読できること - ｣ 長崎大学教育学部紀要 人文学部 第62号(平成13年3月)　pp．1－16.

勝俣隆 ｢オックスフォード大学ボドリアン図書館附属日本研究図書館所蔵「ひなつる」の翻刻･注釈並びに解題」長崎大学教育学部紀要 人文科学 第61号(平成12年6月)　pp．1－15

澤田次郎「オクスフォード大学ボドリアン図書館所蔵の徳富蘇峰寄贈書」 拓殖大学論集 政治・経済・法律研究　15巻1号（2012, 9）pp.133-159.

吉田新 「最古の和訳『ヤコブの手紙』の発見　ソロモン・Ｃ・マラン手稿（1853年）について－」キリスト教学34号　（2012，12）pp.31-64.

吉田新 「最古の和訳『ヤコブの手紙』の発見　ソロモン・Ｃ・マラン手稿（1853）」キリスト新聞　（2012、10.13）p.2.

吉田新 「和訳聖書翻訳の新事実」思想　1067号（2013、3）pp.75-86

林晃平 「オックスフォード大学蔵絵巻「浦島太郎」の翻刻と解題」苫小牧駒澤大学紀要27号（2013，3）pp. 1-31.

辻英子 「オクスフォード大学ボドリアン図書館附属日本研究図書館所蔵絵巻の本文と解説; 1.『長恨哥』; 2.　『やしま』

在外日本重要絵巻選　研究編　辻英子編著　笠間書院　2014, pp.279-313, pp.315-349,

在外日本重要絵巻選　影印編　辻英子編著　笠間書院　2014, 　p.9-58, pp.59-110

Approximately 2470 titles of early Japanese books, maps, and scrolls may be found in the Japanese section of Cambridge University Library. These include four 8th century Hyakumantō darani, manuscript scrolls, maps, many woodblock-printed works books from the Edo period, Chinese-language works produced in Japan, and Meiji-period Japanese works in traditional formats. Most of these are described in Nozomu Hayashi and Peter Kornicki, Early Japanese Books in Cambridge University Library: a catalogue of the Aston, Satow and Von Siebold Collections (Cambridge University Press, 1991).

About 60 titles of early Japanese books, manuscripts, and scrolls collected by Laurence E. R. Picken and relating to traditional Japanese music may be found in the Picken Collection , within the Music Department. Within the Picken Collection, the Kikutei Collection manuscripts are particularly important. A shelf list is available online. The Picken Collection also includes photocopies and microfilms of rare texts not in the collection.

Several titles of woodblock-printed, illustrated Japanese texts are included in the Waddleton Collection , within the Department of Rare Books.

Photographs of Japan in 1882 (five box-files) may be found in F.H.H. Guillemard: Photographs within the Manuscripts Department.

Cambridge University Library also holds the Maruzen Microfilm Collection of the National Diet Library’s Collection of Books Printed in the Meiji Era, with 110,000 books on over 11,500 reels of microfilm. A catalogue of titles in the collection is shelved in the East Asian Reading Room at FD.20:16.1-25.

In addition to the collections within Cambridge University Library described here, the University of Cambridge also holds early Japanese books, prints, and other material within the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

As of May 2020, Cambridge University Library is closed due to the coronavirus situation. The following information about access to material was true until March 2020. Please check the library’s home page to confirm the library’s status and policies online before planning a visit.

Researchers with a valid reader ticket or pass may request early Japanese books to view inside the East Asian Reading Room. Classmarks may be found in Union Catalogue of Japanese Texts or in Hayashi and Kornicki, Early Japanese Books in Cambridge University Library (shelved in the East Asian Reading Room at FD.22.28).

Researchers may register for one free one-week reader’s ticket in any twelve-month period upon presentation of two forms of identification, including one with a proof of address. One-month, six-month and twelve-month reader passes are available to researchers for fees of £8, £15 and £28 respectively. There is no fee for members of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge MAs, academic staff from UK universities, and postgraduate students from UK universities. Details on joining the library may be found here.

Most early Japanese books within the Japanese section may be searched online within Union Catalogue of Japanese Texts. Readers may also find some material in the main library search, iDiscover.

A selection of the early Japanese books may be viewed online in the Cambridge Digital Library. Additional digital editions may be seen via the Union Catalogue of Early Japanese Books in Europe.

A shelf list of Kikutei Collection manuscripts within the Picken Collection may be found online. For other Japanese items in the Picken Collection, readers should consult a shelf list and card catalogue in the library’s Music Department.

F.H.H. Guillemard: Photographs (box list only).

Eric Ceadel. Classified catalogue of modern Japanese books in Cambridge University Library. Cambridge: Heffer, 1961.

Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan (Japan). Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan shozō Meijiki kankō tosho maikuro-ban shūsei. Tōkyō: Maruzen Kabushiki Kaisha, [1992?]

Nozomu Hayashi and Peter Kornicki. Early Japanese books in Cambridge University Library: a catalogue of the Aston, Satow, and Von Siebold collections = Kenburijji Daigaku shozō Wa-Kan kosho sōgō mokuroku: Asuton, Satō, Shīboruto korekushon (Cambridge, 1991).

In the reading room, smartphones without flash may be used to take photographs of rare material for research purposes only. If digital images are already online, please consult these before taking your own photographs.

To order high-quality photographs or to license images for reproduction, please contact the Digital Content Unit.

• Japanese Collection homepage
• Japanese Works in the Cambridge Digital Library

• 3 hand painted illustrations of kimono and textile designs;
• Over 80 19th century artist sketchbooks and illustrated books (e-hon and manga) including works by Hokusai, Keisai, Eisen, Toyokuni and others ;
• Ansei kaisei on Edo dai ezu(安政改正御江戸大繪圖). Edited by Okadaya Kashichi. Edo/Tokyo : Toto Shorin, 1859 Hand colored woodblock print mounted as a hanging scroll;
• Late 18^th century picture dictionary: Kashiragaki zoho kinmo zui(頭書増補訓蒙圖彙). (1789);
• Soken kisho(裝劔奇賞) by Inaba Tsuryu published 1781. 7 volumes on swords and sword fittings, inro and netsuke.
• Ikeda, Tōri. Shinran Shōnin goisshōki eshō(親鸞聖人御一生記繪抄). ca 1840-50 3 vols.;
• Shaka hasso Yamato bunka(釈迦八相倭文庫). Written by Mantei Oga & illustrated by Utagawa Kunisada. Edo : Joshudo Juzo, 1856 (1861 printing), 2 volumes;
• A first edition set of the three volume official report of the Perry expedition to Japan, published by the US government in 1856, signed by Commodore Perry;

The C. Laan Chun Library has its library catalog accessible through the museum website under collections. The full URL is: http://opac.libraryworld.com/opac/home.php. It is also available through: www.asianart.org/collections/library.

This database contains between 93% & 94% of our entire collection. However, there are some rare and older materials that are not yet fully cataloged and will not yet be included in this database. Almost all of our holdings are also in OCLC Connexion, but not viewable through WorldCat.

Hanpon (printed books), shahon (handcopied books, manuscripts), early maps, scrolls, screens, banzuke, sugoroku, etc., mostly from the Mitsui Collection, but also including other provenances such as Ho-Chiang Collection of Buddhist Sutras and Philipp Karl Eidmann Collection. For more details, see “Japanese Collection Overview” box in Japanese Studies and “Japanese Special Collections” page in Rare and Special Collections guides.

Available, with restrictions. Requests reviewed case by case. Please contact the Library for scheduling an appointment.Digitized collections are available for viewing at:
UC Berkeley Digital Collection including Japanese Historical Maps Collection (a separate guide“Japanese Historical Maps Collection from the C. V. Starr East Asian Library” is available), Sugoroku Collection, Dōbanga (Copperplate Print) Collection, Edo Hanpon (Printed Books) Collection, Japanese Manuscripts Collection, Ichimaizuri (Single-Sheet Print) Collection, and Osaka Nishikie Newspaper Collection;
Japanese Special Collections in the C. V. Starr East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley including Ukiyo-e Database for Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (hosted by Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University);
List of Images from Holdings of the C. V. Starr East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley (hosted by the National Institute of Japanese Literature) ;
Japanese Historical Maps (hosted by David Rumsey and Cartography Associates)

Oka, Masahiko, et al., eds. Mitsui Bunko kyūzō Edo hanpon shomoku: Kariforunia Daigaku Bākurēkō shozō = Edo printed books at Berkeley. Tokyo: Yumani Shobō, 1990.

Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi, et al., eds. "Kariforunia Daigaku Bākurēkō kyū Mitsui Bunko shahon mokuroku kō." Kokubungaku Kenkyū Shiryōkan Bunken Shiryōbu chōsa kenkyū hōkoku (5): 261-340 (Mar. 1984)

Okuda, Isao. "Kariforunia Daigaku Higashi Ajia Toshokan zō kokyō korekushon mokuroku kō = Catalogue of the old Sutra collection in East Asian Library, University of California." Seishin Joshi Daigaku ronsō (94): 111-171 (Jan. 2000)

Tōkyō Daigaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitsu, ed. Motoori Bunko mokuroku: Kariforunia Daigaku Bākurēkō shozō. Tokyo: Yūshōdō Ākaibuzu, 2011.

Machi, Senjurō. “Kariforunia Daigaku Bākurēkō shozō no Dohi Gakken kyūzō Nihon kanshibunsho mokuroku (kō)” Nihon Kanbungaku kenkyū (17): 147-190 (2022)

Sumiyoshi, Tomohiko. "Kariforunia Daigaku Bākurēkō Higashi Ajia Toshokan zō Nihon denrai Kanseki mokuroku shohen." Shidō Bunko ronshū (46): 399-426 (2011)

Oka, Masahiko. "Kariforunia Daigaku Bākurēkō kyū Mitsui Bunko shahon mokuroku kō tsuika." Kokubungaku Kenkyū Shiryōkan Bunken Shiryōbu chōsa kenkyū hōkoku (8): 360-361 (Mar. 1987)

"Kariforunia Daigaku Bākurēkō kyū Mitsui Bunko gyokai kankei shiryō saimokukō." Kokubungaku Kenkyū Shiryōkan Bunken Shiryōbu chōsa kenkyū hōkoku (9): 95-118 (Mar. 1988)

Please refer to the appointment procedure, on-site use policy, hours, etc. at:
http://library.columbia.edu/indiv/eastasian/special_collections.html

Also please read the access information to enter the Starr Library at:
https://library.columbia.edu/libraries/eastasian/directions.html

The Rare Book Room use is on an appointment basis during the Rare Book Room opening hours and it needs to be made via CLIO, our library catalog, or for archival material via the Archival Collections Portal
(https://library.columbia.edu/collections/archives-portal.html).

OCLC/WorldCat
CLIO Catalog: https://clio.columbia.edu/
Rare Books, Special Collections, & Archives website:
https://library.columbia.edu/libraries/eastasian/special_collections/japanese_rarebooks.html

Kai, Miwa. Japanese woodblock printed books and other unique Japanese materials at Columbia University. 1996. (mimeographed)

Okuda, Isao & Sachie Noguchi ed. C. V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University Catalogue of Japan-Related Rare (~1900) Items (PDF file mounted on the Japanese Rare Books & Special Collections homepage:
http://library.columbia.edu/indiv/eastasian/special_collections/japanese_rarebooks.html)

Please refer to the Starr Library's Rare Books, Special Collections, & Archives website for Reproduction information (https://library.columbia.edu/libraries/eastasian/special_collections.html) as well as Digitization & Copying Services website (https://library.columbia.edu/services/preservation/reproductions.html).

For an access to the digitized collections, visit the page http://expositions.bnf.fr/france-japon/gallica/anciens.htm

The Japanese collection has been built from the 18th C on, from different origins: missionaries, travelers, orientalist scholars (among them Tittsingh, Siebold, Klaproth, Abel-Rémusat,etc), diplomats (from 1858 on), collectors, specialized librarians (in the 2nd half of the 19th C).

the oldest item is a manuscript fragment of the Dai hannya hara mittakyō 大般若派羅蜜多経, dated to the 8th C.. The first title to be mentioned in the catalogs are two titles of Kirishitanban キリシタン版, and a manuscript copy of the grammar of Joao Rodrigues. The most precious part of the collection is a set of 18 Nara ehon 奈良絵本, from the beginning of the 17th C to the end of the 18th C, with various titles of kanazôshi 仮名草子 and setsuwa 説話. All the Nara ehon have been digitized : Gallica

Because of the tight network connecting the European orientalists at the beginning of the 19th C, the collection received a lot of documents linked with the Rangaku studies (dictionaries, medicine...) and the presence of the Westerners in Nagasaki (paintings from the school of Hokusai executed for Siebold, paintings from the Kawahara Keiga school 川原慶賀工房, Bankanzu 蛮館図).

But the main scope of the collection is a set of illustrated books from the Edo period; among them, ehon 絵本 and meisho zue 名所図会, ôrai mono 往来物 occupy a great place. We can also find some important Yomihon 読本. Books from Hokusai are to be found, among them the rare complete series of Chie no umi (千絵の海). A scroll of 1838 from Kikuchi Yôsai菊池容斎 is particularly important (Kannongyô emaki 観音経絵巻).

Finally, some illustrated items of the Meiji period exist in the collection (lithographs, etchings..), reflecting the cultural links between France and Japan from the 1858 treaty.

Manuscrits, xylographes, estampages : les collections orientales du Département des manuscrits : guide / sous la dir. d'Annie Berthier. Paris : Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2000 (p. 119-125, 135-137) available online from the catalogue : web site

小杉恵子 Kosugi Keiko, « Inventaire des pièces hors catalogues du fonds Smith-Lesouëf japonais de la Bibliothèque nationale de France », in Le Vase de béryl : études sur le Japon et la Chine, Paris, Picquier, 1996, p. 429-437. (スミス・ルスエフ・和書コレクション未整理資料目録)

「パリ国立図書館における18 - 19世紀収集和古書目録稿 — ティチング・シーボルト・ストゥルレル・コレクションを中心としてー」、『日覧学会会誌』第17巻第1号(通巻第33号)、1992年

ピジョー（ジャクリーヌ）、小杉恵子、『ひともと菊・奈良絵本』、Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, 1984, 33-76 p.

ピジョー（ジャクリーヌ）、小杉恵子、Pigeot (Jacqueline), Kosugi Keiko. Voyages en d’autres mondes. Récits japonais du XVIe siècle traduits et commentés. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale / Ph Picquier. 1993. 197 p.

ピジョー（ジャクリーヌ）、小杉恵子、『奈良絵本集・パリ本』東京　古典文庫 1995

吉田幸一、『異国物語』、東京、古典文庫 1995

『 秘蔵浮世絵大観・パリ国立図書館（8）』 、東京、講談社、1990

A collection of 3300 titles of printed books and 2000 prints is also viewable in the Département des Estampes et de la photographie.
The old card catalog have been included with its old transcriptions (i.e Hokousai for Hokusai) on website.
A rich collection of Japanese maps exists in the Département des Cartes et plans.

Library Home Page: Bibliothèque Nationale de France

The collection of old books present at the Centre for Japanese and Korean Studies is only a small part of Leiden University collection of old Japanese books and maps. The origins of the Japanese collection in Leiden is divers, most items are collected by persons as Cock Blomhoff, Overmeer Fisscher, and Donker Curtius, chiefs of the trading post on Deshima in the bay of Nagasaki during the early 19th century. But the most famous collector of the collection is Philipp Franz von Siebold, physician at Deshima, who collected many items, among which books and maps. The whole collection was divided during the end of the 19th century in roughly two parts, one to be found in the Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, and one in the Central Library of Leiden University.

Only a small part can be found in the Centre. For example there are some instruction books in the Dutch language, like 和蘭文典 and 三語便覧. A part of the collection consists of books on botany collected by the brothers Verdoorn. Each year the collection grows by a few items through gifts and acquisitions.

The person in charge for the Asian collection of old books, maps and manuscripts in the Central Library:
Dr Arnoud Vrolijk
Universiteitsbibliotheek, Witte Singel 26-27,room number 207 2311 BG Leiden
e-mail: a.j.m.vrolijk[ATMARK]library.leidenuniv.nl
tel: +31 (0)71 527 2867

Person in charge for Chinese and Japanese collection of old books, maps and manuscripts in the East Asian Library, in particular the Van Gulik collection:
Koos Kuiper
Arsenaalstraat 1, P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden
e-mail: P.N.Kuiper[ATMARK]library.leidenuniv.nl
tel +31 71 527 2534

Library Home Page: East Asian Library

Freer Gallery of Art Library. Dictionary catalog of the Library of the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution. 2nd enl. ed. Microfiche. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1991. 252 fiches.

Freer Gallery of Art Library. Dictionary catalog of the Library of the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1967. 6 v.

Suzuki, Jun. "Furīa Bijutsukan shozō Takao Tayū ni tsuite." In Kyōkai to Nihon bungaku: proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Japanese Literature. 　Tōkyō: Kokubungaku Kenkyū Shiryōkan, 2000. (Includes discussion on: Masanobu Kitao, Shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami).

Suzuki, Jun. "Kōrin gafu kō." Ukiyoe geijutsu, no. 145 (Jan. 2003)

Harry F. Bruning Collection

• 1 History of printing 古版・印刷史
• 2 Maps of the world and Japan 世界地図・日本地図
• 3 Foreigners and foreign learning 異国人・蘭学
• 4 Samurai history and education 武家故実
• 5 Illustrated manuscripts 写本・絵画
• 6 Illustrated books, scrolls and prints 絵本・絵巻・版画
• 6.5 Tourism, local culture 名所記・地誌
• 7 Crepe-paper books 縮緬本
• 8 Early Christian proselytizing in Japan and western writings about Asia キリシタン関係書籍・日本関係の洋書
• 9 Korean and Korea-related materials 朝鮮版本・韓国関係書籍

• 148 items have been digitized: Scanned BYU Japanese Collection items at the Internet Archive
• Link to High Resolution scan of 17th Century Bakemono (Ghost) Scroll |

Kiyoe Minami, Research Associate
Phone: 808-532-3670; Fax: 808-681-7313
E-mail: kminami[ATMARK]honolulumuseum.org

The Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA) has the third largest collection of ukiyo-e prints in the United States and the largest collection of Hiroshige Utagawa’s prints in the world. The core of the collection consists of 5,400 pieces donated by the renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning American author James Michener and his wife, Mari. All 12,878 ukiyo-e prints have been catalogued and digitized and can be viewed on HoMA’s website. In addition, the 2003 purchase of the Richard Lane Collection added 11,000 volumes of woodblock-printed books to the collection, including kanazōshi and ukiyozōshi illustrated works by Hishikawa Moronobu and Nishikawa Sukenobu from the 17th to 19th centuries. The thirteen-volume Otogibōko (Edo-city version) is the only complete set known to exist anywhere in the world, and there are many other rare books such as kurohon, aohon and children's picture books published in Kamigata (Kyoto or Osaka) that are known to exist only at HoMA, bringing the total number of rare books to 60. As with the ukiyo-e collection, as new research is performed and the works are catalogued, the Lane Collection has also begun to be published on HoMA’s website. In addition, the museum also owns sagabon and nara-ehon, which are already available on its website.

Bibliographic information and digitized images for portion of the rare materials are available on the Museum's online database.

Hanada Fujio. "Gazoku Vol. 12 Edo-ban Otogibōko ni kanshite," Japan: Gazoku no Kai, 2013

Hanada Fujio. "Kanazōshi Shūsei Vol. 51 Otogibōko", Japan: Tokyo-dō Shuppan, 2014

Nakano Mitsutoshi, Kimura Yaeko. "Honolulu Bijutsukan Shozō Kurohon Aohon" Japan: Kyūshū Daigaku, 2014

Ishigami Aki. "Nihon no Shunga/Enpon no Kenkyū," Japan: Heibonsha, 2015

Nakano, Mitsutoshi., and Yaeko Kimura. Honoruru bijutsukan shozō Kurohon Aohon. Kyushu University. 2014

Yamashita, Noriko. Zaigai eiribon kenkyū to mokuroku. Miyai shoten. 2019

Petrova O.P., Goregliad V.N. Opisanie yaponskih rukopisej, ksilografov i staropechatnyh knig 1-4. (The Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese manuscripts, xylographs and old printed books. Volumes 1-4).Moskva, 1963-1969;

Goregliad V.N. Opisanie yaponskih rukopisej, ksilografov b staropechatnyh knig. 5. (The Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese manuscripts, xylographs and old printed books. Volume 5). Moskwa. 1971;

Goregliad V.N., Hanin Z.Ya. Opisanie yaponskih rukopisej, ksilografov i staropechatnyh knig. 6. (The Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese manuscripts, xylographs and old printed books. Volume 6) Moskwa. 1971.

Goregliad V.N. Stareishee v SSSR sobranie yaponskih rukopisej I ksilografov// Yaponiya. ezegodnik.1978.M.1979. (in Russian) (The oldest in the USSR Collection of Japanese Manuscripts and Block-printed books // Japan. Yearbook.1978. Moscow, 1979.)

Marandjian K. G. Sobranie yaponskih rukopisij i ksilografov instituta vostochnyh rukopisej RAN// Sankt-Peterburg - Yaponia: 18-21 c. SPb. 2012. (in Russian) (The Collection of Japanese Manuscripts and Block-printed Books of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, the Russian Academy of Sciences// St.Petersburg-Japan; 18-21centuries. SPb, 2012.

Eiichi Ito
Reference Specialist, Asian Division
Phone: 202-707-8054; Fax: 202-707-1724
E-mail: eito[ATMARK]loc.gov

Hiromi Shimamoto
Acquisition Librarian, Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate, Asian and Middle Eastern Division
Phone: 202-707-5154; Fax: 202-707-2824
E-mail: hish[ATMARK]loc.gov

Beikoku Gikai Toshokanzō Nihon Kotenseki Mokuroku Kankōkai, ed. Beikoku Gikai Toshokan zō Nihon kotenseki mokuroku = Catalog of Japanese rare books in the Library of Congress. Tokyo: Yagi Shoten, 2003.

Honda, Shojo. Pre-Meiji works in the Library of Congress: Japanese literature, performing arts, and reference books. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1997.

Honda, Shojo. Pre-Meiji works in the Library of Congress: Japanese mathematics. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1982.

Honda, Shojo, and Sandy Kita. Pre-Meiji works on Japanese art in the Library of Congress: a bibliography (forthcoming).

Kuroda, Andrew. "A history of the Japanese Collection in the Library of Congress, 1874-1941." In Senda Masao Kyōju koki kinen toshokan shiryō ronshū. 281-327. Tenri-shi: Senda Masao Kyōju Koki Kinenkai, 1970

Library of Congress Asian Collections: an illustrated guide. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2000.

Library of Congress Asian Collections: 2007 illustrated guide, 28 December. 1997
<http://www.loc.gov/rr/asian/guide2007/>.

Sumiyoshi, Tomohiko. "Beikoku Gikai Toshokan zō Nihon Denrai Kanseki Mokuroku Chōhen." Shidō Bunko Ronshū (41): 201-207 (2006).

Tsuji, Hideko. "Hōmyō dōji (Beikoku Gikai Toshokan Shozobon)." Kenkyu Kiyō (22) 524-542 (1989).

Tsuji, Hideko. "Shikure (Beikoku Gikai Toshokan Shozobon) Hoi-honkoku, kaisetsu" Kenkyu Kiyō, dai-4 bunsatsu, tanki daigakubu (iii) (23) 146-158 (1990).

Tsuji, Hideko. "Shikure (Beikoku Gikai Toshokan Shozobon) Hoi-honkoku, kaisetsu (Amayatori)." Kenkyu Kiyō, dai-1 bunsatsu, jinbungakubu (4) 143-152 (1993).

Tsuji, Hideko. "Beikoku Gikai Toshokan 'shikka': kaisetsu to honkoku." Seitoku Daigaku kenkyū kiyō. Jinbun Gakubu (5): 169-180 (1994).

Tsuji, Hideko. "Beikoku Gikai Toshokan 'shikka.' Ge: kaisetsu to honkoku." Seitoku Daigaku kenkyū kiyō. Jinbun Gakubu (6): 99-110 (1995).

Oyler, Elizabeth. "Japanese Cultural Treasures at the Library of Congress: Digitization of the Rare Books Collection." Journal of East Asian Libraries (143): 11-22 (2007).

Okada, Barbra Teri, and Valrae Reynolds. Japan: the enduring heritage. Newark, N.J.: Newark Museum, 1983.

Olson, Eleanor. "Japanese Prints." The Museum. New Series. Newark, N.J.: Newark Museum, 1953.

Sorimachi, Shigeo. Supensā Korekushon zō Nihon eiribon oyobi ehon mokuroku = Catalogue of Japanese illustrated books and manuscripts in the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library. Tōkyō: Kōbunsō, 1978.

New York Public Library. Manuscript. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list of the Spencer Collection of illusrated books and manuscripts and fine bindings. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1971. (Japanese books and manuscripts listed at the end of v. 2)

Mitchell, Charles H. The illustrated books of the Nanga, Maruyama, Shijo, and other related schools of Japan: a biobibliography. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1972. (not everything listed in the book is at NYPL)

Nanni Deng
Phone: 617495-0570
E-mail: ndeng[ATMARK]fas.harvard.edu

Established in 1927, the Rubel Asiatic Research Collection collects materials related to Asian art in all languages. The collection is strong on East Asian art history, namely bronze, ceramics, painting/calligraphy, and Buddhist art. The library's current holdings include 22,000 monographs, 100 periodicals. The special collection of the library includes rubbings and some rare art reproductions.
List of Japanese Rare Books:
Rikka jiseishō. 2, 3, 5, 7. 1688.
Kinsei kijinden. 1790.
Zoku Kinsei kijinden. 1797.
Heishi kokujikai. 1808. 4 v. in 3.
Ikebana keiko hyakushu. Chū, ge. 1775.
Zenken kojitsu. 8. 1836.
Ikkyū kyōka mondō zue. Saihan. Between 1686 and 1912.
Banpō shoga zensho. Saihan. Between 1686 and 1912. Jo, 6 v. in 7.

For further details, visit the collection's website.

• Kraft, Eva. Illustrierte Handschriften und Drucke aus Japan. 12-19. Jahrhundert. Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1981
• Kraft, Eva: "The Japanese collection in the Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz' in Berlin". In: Japan Forum, vol. 3, no. 2, 1991, p. 211-220
• 『西ベルリン本お伽草子絵巻集と研究』エヴァ・クラフト、北村浩、沢井耐三編者, 豊橋: 未刊国文資料刊行会、1981（未刊国文資料 ;第4期第10冊）
• 『ベルリン東洋美術館』 平山郁夫、 小林忠編著, 東京 : 講談社、1992（秘蔵日本美術大観; 7）

Edo to early Meiji: Stanford has a substantial Hanpon Collection that includes 611 titles from the late 18^th and early 19^th centuries. The collection mainly consists of illustrated books on literature (waka, yomihon, gō kan, etc.), arts and manuals, education (kyō kun, ō raimono, etc.) as well as geography. There is also a substantial collection of souvenir prints (keidazu) from the 17^th century-early 20^th century (more than 400 prints), as well as growing collections of broadsheets (kawaraban), nishikie, Buddhist materials, hanging scrolls (kakejiku), ehon, and materials centered on numerous subjects, such as games (sugoroku), cookbooks, sericulture / agriculture, incense (kodo), and more.

Additional miscellaneous materials are amongst the oldest in the Japanese collection and include Nihon Shoki Tsusho (1762), Chikyu Seizu (1874), Gokaiko Yokohama no Zenzu (1859), Hyoron Edo Shogun kaishi (1878), Seii ryakuron (1859), Myomoku Shussho Indaramo (1665), Shotoku Taishi Denreki (1628), Genji Monogatari Hahakigi (mid-Edo period), Zoku Ikkyu Hanashi (1731), Edo Sunago Musume Katakiuchi (1719), Komachi Sakura Monogarari zenpen Toka Rysui Ono no Komachi Seisuiki (1821), Sankyo Benron (1711), Hakkesho (1652), Bokuzei Genkisho (1714), Kegon Gokyosho Fukkoki (1669), Banshu Meisho Junran Zue (Harima meisho junran zue) (1804), Nagasaki Oo ezu (1802)

• Stanford Hanpon Collection
• Stanford Ehon Collection
• Japanese rare materials related to travel
• Collection of Buddhist Materials in the locked stacks
• Collection of Japanese Buddhist musical materials
• Collection of Japanese scrolls in the locked stacks
• Collection on the history of incense
• Collection of historical materials related to sericulture, textiles and agriculture in Japan
• Early Modern News Sheets: Japan
• Japanese facsimile collection
• Japanese historical cookbook collection
• Japanese historical games collection
• Japanese medicinal history collection
• Nishikie
• Japanese religious ephemera collection
• Japanese theater collection
• Rare Japanese titles 2015

• Takarazuka Collection at the East Asian Library
• Stanford Kyokasho Collection
• Wartime archival materials: Japan
• Rare Japanese materials from the 1940s and 1950s
• Collection of Mount Diamond materials

The Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era Collection is one of the largest collections of maps and guidebooks of the Edo period outside of Japan. It encompasses the George Beans and the George Bonn map collections, and its focus is on privately published and travel related maps and guides. A number of prominent Japanese ukiyoe artists are represented, among whom are Hishikawa Moronobu, Miyagawa Chōshun, Shiba Kōkan, Kuwagata Shōshin (Kitao Masayoshi), Katsushika Hokusai, Andō Hiroshige and Utagawa Sadahide.

The Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era Collection is fully digitized and freely accessible online:
https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/tokugawa

The Japanese Special Collection is a small but growing collection of printed books, manuscripts, prints and more. There are over 60 titles on Japanese religion and mythology from the Edo period, with emphasis on Buddhism, about 50 titles of works of pre-modern literature or literary criticism, and smaller numbers on language, history, art, and philosophy.

Some items from the Japanese Special Collection have been digitized and are available through UBC Library’s Open Collections:

Japanese Special Collection (rare books and other distinctive Japanese language materials): https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/jsc

Meiji at 150:
https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/meijiat150

All items are housed in UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections.

Many rare items are part of the Sakamaki/Hawley Collection, which consists of the materials collected by Frank Hawley and Shunzo Sakamaki. The Frank Hawley Collection was purchased in 1961 by Dr. Shunzo Sakamaki for the UHM Summer Session, it was later transferred to the UHM Library and combined with the collections of Shunzo Sakamaki in early 1970s. The Sakamaki/Hawley Collection on Ryukyu/Okinawa includes books, woodblock prints, maps, scrolls, and manuscripts on Ryukyu/Okinawa. In cooperation with Dr. Sakamaki, Dr. Robert Sakai photocopied over 1,000 manuscripts from the Edo Period originally hand-copied by Dr. Torao Haraguchi, and curated the Satsuma Collection. The original manuscripts were donated to Amami Museum in Kagoshima, Japan, and curated as “Dōko Sanbō” collection. (*These copies are photocopied and NOT included in the Collection Size counts above.)

Also in 1972, the East-West Center Library's Asia collections were integrated into the UHM Library's Asia Collection. Many rare books were part of the Glenn Shaw Collection donated to the East-West Center Library. The recent donations include Dr. Edward Seidensticker's Genji Monogatari (1654) and Mōsei Kakeizu (Mo-clan family lineage document). Most of the other rare items were donated by various individuals.

From September 2013 to March 2016, the UHM Library and the University of the Ryukyus have collaboratively digitized over 200 titles of the Sakamaki/Hawley Collection. The digital images are freely available online at https://shimuchi.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/collection/sakamaki/about

The list for Satsuma Collection is available at
https://www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/japan/special/satsuma/index.htm

• Matsui, Masato. Ryukyu: an annotated bibliography, Honolulu: Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Council for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii, 1981.
• Sakamaki, Shunzo. Ryukyuan research resources at the University of Hawaii. Honolulu: Social Science Research Institute, University of Hawaii, 1965.
• Arai, Hirotake & Morio Gibu. Catalog of the Glenn Shaw Collection at the East-West Center Library, Honolulu: East-West Center Library, Occasional Paper No. 8, 1967

Some are reproducible. Photocopying from microfilm $0.10 (if microfilms available). Photocopying the original is not allowed. Permitted with some restrictions after submitting a duplication request: digital camera, free (if a requester brings his/her own camera). Duplication and scanning by the UHM Library if the condition of the original is permissible and appropriate permit is provided.

A Reprint and Bibliographical Introduction to 'Horai-no-Makimono', a Medieval Tale Housed
in Urbana-Champaign Collection University of Illinois by Takashi KATSUMATA (pdf file)
http://naosite.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/10069/25966/1/ecrc_5_1_katsumata.pdf

"Old and Rare Japanese Books in U.S. Collections" by Robert G. Sewell
Robert G. Sewell was Japanese bibliographer,Far Eastern Library, University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign.
This article is a revision of a paper given at a meeting of the Association of Asian Studies in Toronto, Canada, in March 1976.
https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/39568/crl_39_03_197_opt.pdf?sequence=2

Keiko Yokota-Carter
E-ail: kyokotac[ATMARK]umich.edu
Asia Library Phone 734 764-0406; Fax: 734-647-288
E-mail: asialibrary[ATMARK]umich.edu

Hanpon (printed books) on various subjects, Edo period maps, Emaki and hanging scrolls are held at the Asia Library, the Special Collection Research Center, and the Stephen S. Clark Library. An unknown number of hanpon books were donated by a retired professor, Harley Harris Bartlett (1886-1960) and other donors. The Brower fund focuses on collecting pre-modern materials on classic poems, WAKA. and were also purchased throughout the University's history.

1. Library Search https://www.lib.umich.edu/
2. WordCat https://www.worldcat.org/

1. Tsukishima, Hiroshi. "Mishigan Daigaku shozō Kamada Bunko no shozōbon ni tsuite." Kanazawa Bunko kenkyū, vol.10 (12) (Dec. 1964), p.9-12.
2. ミシガン大学の日本語蔵書史「書物の日米関係　リテラシー史に向けて」和田敦彦、新曜社、2007.

Hiroyuki N. Good, Japanese Studies Librarian
Phone: 412-648-8187; Fax: 412-648-7683
E-mail: hng2[ATMARK]pitt.edu

Rachel Lavenda, Archives & Special Collections
Phone: 412-648-8199
r.lavenda[ATMARK]pitt.edu

• Kōgyo: The Art of Noh: https://exhibit.library.pitt.edu/kogyo/
• Barry Rosensteel Japanese Print Collection: http://exhibit.library.pitt.edu/rosensteel/

• Japanese rare books of the Edo period (including both printed texts and manuscripts as well as a variety of different genres, both fiction and non-fiction)
• manuscript komonjo of the Edo period dealing with the issue of the persecution of Christians
• Father Marega’s posthumous manuscripts and personal notes.

• 国文学研究資料館文献資料部編、「サレジオ大学マリオ・マレガ文庫所蔵日本書籍目録」、『調査研究報告』、2002年3月、23号、１-74頁。
• Kokubungaku kenkyū shiryōkan bunken shiryōbu hen, “Sarejio daigaku Mario Marega bunko shozō Nihon shoseki mokuroku”, Chōsa kenkyū hōkoku, vol. 23, 2002, pp. 1-74. (rominazed edition published in 2006)

Robert Campbell "Mario Marega bunko" マリオ・マレガ文庫、Bungaku文学、2001年、2－3号、34-38頁。

Laura Moretti, "Il Fondo Marega: contenuti, potenzialità e significati della collezione di un singolare missionario nipponista", in Salesianum, n. 4, ottobre-dicembre 2006, pp. 745-782.

Robin Rider
Office 608-262-2809; Department 608-262-3243
E-mail: robin.rider[ATMARK]wisc.edu
URL: http://www.library.wisc.edu/specialcollections/

Well over 100 books journals, manuscripts, ephemera, graphic materials, realia, and reference materials.

Primary works of literaturefrom Edo period to earlyshowa period, but alsoincludes scientific, historical,political and print culturematerials. Maps and someEnglish translations, too.

By appointment. Create your account at https://wisconsin.aeon.atlas-sys.com/logon/
Some materials are being digitalized and will be available at UWDC.

OCLC records and OPAC available.
OPAC internet access: https://www.library.wisc.edu/

All the materials from the Tokugawa period to 1910 as well as other special and rare items are held at the East Asia Library’s Special Collections.

The highlighted items include: a stone rubbing print version Shitai senjimon published in 1606; Chosenjin hitsugo, the preface dated to 1637; Bukan (holdings: 1658-1868), Saga-bon/Koetsu-bon, woodblock, hand-written poems by Ito Hirobumi and Itagaki Taisuke.

1. Ishikawa, Kazuo. The Rev. William Elliot Griffis Collection of old Japanese books at Cornell. Ithaca: Cornell University, Center for International Studies, 1978.

2. Perushek, D.E., ed., with the assistance of Howard Curtis, Kazuo Ishikawa, and Alan Wolfe. The Griffis Collection of Japanese books: an annotated bibliography. Ithaca: China-Japan Program, Cornell University, 1982.

No printed catalog of the Maeda Collection (yet).

Handbook of the Collections: Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992.

Wright, Suzanne E., and Melissa Walt Thompson. Working in the floating world: a brochure of exhibition at Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG), May 6-June 15, 1986. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986.

Goodwin, Shauna J. The shape of chic: fashion and hairstyles in the floating world: a brochure of exhibition at Yale University Art Gallery, March 18-May 4, 1986. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986.

Cunningham, Louisa. The spirit of place: Japanese paintings and prints of the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries. New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1984. (This includes four works from the Gallery's collection.)

Lee, George J. Selected Far Eastern art in the Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1970.

The Japanese Manuscript Collection was acquired by Kan'ichi Asakawa, the first curator of the Yale East Asian collection, during a buying trip in 1906-1907. In certain respects, these materials complement the collection of manuscripts in the Library of Congress since Asakawa was purchasing materials for LC during the same trip. All of the works pertaining to Buddhhism and the history of Japanese thought were allocated to LC, while Yale's purchases related to the study of medieval history including such topics as the legal system, military and commercial law, martial arts, and foreign affairs. While many of the manuscripts in the collection are originals, approximately sixty works were transcribed for Yale from originals or good copies. The entire collection consists of over 700 titles in 1,200 volumes and dates from the 17th to the early 20th century.

The Yale Association of Japan Collection was assembled in the 1930s by University of Tokyo historian Katsumi Kuroita and presented to Yale by the Association in 1934. It contains approximately 350 items ranging from manuscripts, sutras, calligraphy, and books to maps and art objects and was selected with the goal of illustrating the development of Japanese culture. It includes materials dating from the 8th century to the 20th century. The collection includes the famous Hyakumantō dharani 8th century printed Sutras, original documents from Tōdaiji dating from 1055, original records of the cadastral survey of Nishi Kamo compiled by order of Hideyoshi in 1586 and 1589, a collection of Tekagami, containing calligraphy samples from famous people produced between the 8th and 17th centuries, three copies of Ise monogatari dating from the 15th to the 17th centuries, and 12th century copies of the Hokekyō written in gold on indigo paper. It also includes examples of ōraibon (including a 17th century Teikin ōrai), meisho zue, Nara ehon, and many other genres. A detailed description of each item in the collection is contained in the book catalog found here.

The East Asia Library Special Collections are a diverse assortment of rare materials which include Edo period maps and guides, ehon such as the Hokusai manga, and other, primarily 19th century printed books. Part of the collection includes books that were collected by Addition Van Name (1835-1922) who served as the University Librarian at Yale University from 1865 to 1904. The collection was assembled thanks to generous funds from Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899) during the 1890s. O.C. Marsh was the first director of the Yale Peabody Museum and the first paleontologist at Yale.

Iēru Daigaku shozō Nihon kanren shiryō chōsa purojekuto by Historiographical Institute, University of Tokyo.

The Japanese Manuscripts Collation

Yale Association of Japan Collection

Catalogue of books, manuscripts and other articles of literary, artistic and historical interest, illustrative of the culture and civilization of old Japan. Tokyo: Yale Association of Japan, 1934.

Asakawa, Kan'ichi. Gifts of the Yale Association of Japan. New Haven: s.n., 1945.

"Iēru Daigaku-zō Nihon Monjoo korekushon mokuroku." Kokubungaku Kenkyū Shiryōkan Bunken Shiryōbu chōsa kenkyū hōkoku (11): 31-93 (2nd group) (1990)

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