Library Collections

Hosokawa Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 265 sets 713 volumes
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon
  • Subject : Literature, Linguistics

Book collection of Udo Hosokawa Family. Valuable books (including Azuma Kagami Fushimi version etc.) and materials related to Japanese literature.

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Hyakubu Sosho Shusei (Eiin Han)

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 7,950 books
  • Category : Special Collection (Copies)
  • Contents Type : Chinese Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography

Facsimile reprints of 101 series of publications published in era of Sung to Qing in China are made at Yiwen Yinshuguan in Taipei in 1964 to 1970. In each series, bibliographical documents cited from Shikoteiyo or the like were attached. Lost books were restored as much as possible.

Iguchi Takachika Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 1701 Volumes
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, History, Geography, Sociology, Law, Politics
Holding : Manuscript Library Web
  • Volumes : 7,505
  • Category : Databases
  • Contents Type :
  • Subject : History, Geography, Economy

An image database of rare materials (photos, maps, private money, etc.) on a coal mining region of Kyushu from the Meiji to Showa period, housed in the Manuscript Library, Business & Economics Section, Kyushu University.

Images of People All Over the World

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Holding : Central Library Web
  • Volumes : 42
  • Category : Online Gallery
  • Contents Type : Wahon
  • Subject : History, Geography

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Imperial Library collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 276 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography

A group of Western books transferred from the Imperial Library to Kyushu Imperial University in May 1916.

Inoue Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 約4000冊
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Law, Politics

Former collection of law professor Yuji Inoue(井上 裕司), focusing on criminal law and Russian and Eastern European relations.

Holding : Medical Library
  • Volumes : 211 books
  • Category : Other Collections
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Medical Science

A group of old European medical books on mineral springs and hot springs collected at the Institute of Spa Therapeutics established in Beppu as an affiliated institution of Kyushu University.

 

Ishizaki Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : about 1400 volumes
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Chinese Books, Japanese Books
  • Subject : Literature, Linguistics

Former collection of about 1400 volumes about Tang stories and Tang books by Matazo Ishizaki who was a former librarian of Tokyo Imperial University Library and published a fine book "History of Chinese slang literature in modern Japan".

Ito Collection

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Holding : Central Library Science and Technology Library

Personal collection on geological science by Prof.Tokunosuke Ito.

Ito Fujio Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 400
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Law, Politics

Former collection of books mainly related to law by Fujio Ito (伊藤 不二男)(1911-1987), professor at the Faculty of Law.

 

Iwasaki Collection

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Holding : Medical Library
  • Volumes : 488 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Medical Science

Medical book formerly owned by Tokumatsu Iwasaki (1883?-1921), vice president and chief of surgery of Kokura Municipal Hospital.

J.L.Buck Library

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Holding : Science and Technology Library
  • Volumes : 151 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Economy, Agriculture

Agricultural economy and marketing report on experiment station in American universities.

Joan Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 4100
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Art, History, Geography

Former collection of Professor Hiroshi Hirata(平田, 寛) of the Faculty of Letters, mainly related to Japanese art history.
It was donated to the Department of Aesthetics and Art History, Faculty of Letters in 2013.

Jono Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 107 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Literature, Linguistics

Former collection of Setsuko Jono (1914-2002), the first female professor at Kyushu University and a professor of the College of Liberal Arts, mainly related to French literature, donated to the Ropponmatsu Branch Library by the Jono family in 2002.

Journal of Design and Manufactures

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Holding : Design Library
  • Volumes : 6 binded magazines
  • Category : Special Collection (Original)
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Art, Engineering

In the middle of 19th century, brilliant industrial products like textiles, wallpapers, metalwork, potteries, glasses are manufactured applying theories of decoration art in Britain. These products were introduced at World Expos and became popular.

Kaibara Collection

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Holding : Medical Library
  • Volumes : about 100
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Medical Science

Former collection of Associate Professor Morikazu Kaibara, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu Imperial University.
Western books were donated and received by the Department of Bacteriology in 1944, and Japanese books were donated and received by the Department of Bacteriology in 1945.

Kaida Katsumi Collection

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Holding : Medical Library
  • Volumes : 685 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Medical Science

Katsumi Kaida was a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Kyushu Imperial University, director of the Ikinomatsubara Branch of the Faculty of Medicine, and director of the Tuberculosis Research Institute of the Faculty of Medicine, and devoted his life to research on chest diseases and tubercul

Kamata collection

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Holding : Central Library Manuscript Library
  • Volumes : 300
  • Category : Archival Documents
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Archival Documents
  • Subject : History, Geography

kamihara collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 424 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Law, Politics
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