Library Collections

  • The Urban environment in Great Britain from 1719
    Holding: Central Library
    Category: Special Collection (Original)
    Contents Type: Western Books
    Subject: Sociology

    United Kingdom which gave birth to capitalism the earliest in the world was a country which raised various problems in industrialization. In this collection, social problems after 1719 such as poverty, housing and welfare were considered in the context of urban environment.

  • Tokizane Akiho Collection
    Holding: Central Library
    Volumes: 149
    Category: Private Collection
    Contents Type: Japanese Books, Western Books
    Subject: Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography, Law, Politics
  • Tomita Collection
    Holding: Central Library
    Volumes: About 600 books
    Category: Private Collection
    Contents Type: Wahon
    Subject: Literature, Linguistics

    Private collection of Tomita Shinnosuke (冨田 新之助).
    Unique collection of kyoukabon (狂歌本) in Edo and Meiji period.

  • Uchida Collection
    Holding: Central Library Science and Technology Library
    Volumes: 2500
    Category: Private Collection
    Contents Type: Japanese Books, Western Books
    Subject: Literature, Linguistics, Agriculture, Science

    -Catalog
    Collection > Uchida Collection

  • Umegaki Collection
    Holding: Central Library
    Volumes: 513 books
    Category: Private Collection
    Contents Type: Japanese Books, Western Books
    Subject: Literature, Linguistics

    Private collection of Prof. Umegaki Minoru (楳垣 実) on dialect study.

  • Watanabe Collection
    Holding: Central Library
    Volumes: 71 books
    Category: Private Collection
    Contents Type: Japanese Books
    Subject: Education

    Private collection of Prof. Watanabe Makoto(渡辺 誠) on comparative education.

  • Watanabe collection
    Holding: Central Library Manuscript Library
    Volumes: 223 books
    Category: Private Collection
    Contents Type: Wahon, Archival Documents, Japanese Books
    Subject: Philosophy, Religion, History, Geography
  • West State Statutes Annotated
    Holding: Central Library
    Volumes: 1,256 books
    Category: Special Collection (Original)
    Contents Type: Western Books
    Subject: Law, Politics

    1,256 books with detailed annotation of statutes in major states in the USA.

  • Yamakawa Collection
    Holding: Central Library
    Volumes: 405 books
    Category: Private Collection
    Contents Type: Western Books
    Subject: Literature, Linguistics

    Private collection of Prof. Yamakawa Johei(山川 丈平) about German literature, idioms and proverbs.

  • Yamao Tokizo collection
    Holding: Central Library
    Volumes: 130 books
    Category: Private Collection
    Contents Type: Japanese Books, Western Books
    Subject: Law, Politics

    Catalog

  • Yasukochi collection
    Holding: Central Library
    Volumes: 472 books
    Category: Private Collection
    Contents Type: Japanese Books
    Subject: History, Geography
  • Yomihon Collection
    Holding: Central Library
    Volumes: 756 volumes
    Category: Special Collection (Original)
    Contents Type: Wahon
    Subject: Literature, Linguistics

    227 sets, 756 volumes collection of Yomihon, Japanese books from the Edo period. This excellent collection includes books published in both Edo and Kamigata. Different versions of the same books are also collected.

     

  • Yoshimura Collection
    Holding: Central Library
    Volumes: 353 sets 674 books 88 letters
    Category: Private Collection
    Contents Type: Wahon, Archival Documents
    Subject: Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics

    Personal collection of Yoshimura Syuyou(吉村秋陽) and his descendants, the confucianists who served under the Mihara domain in Hiroshima. The collection mainly consists of diaries, manuscripts and letters.

  • Yukiyama Collection
    Holding: Central Library
    Volumes: 779 books
    Category: Private Collection
    Contents Type: Western Books
    Subject: Literature, Linguistics

    Private collection of Prof. Yukiyama Toshio(雪山 俊夫) about German literature and German language.

  • Zashunpu Collection
    Holding: Central Library
    Volumes: 1,356 books
    Category: Private Collection
    Contents Type: Wahon, Chinese Books, Japanese Books
    Subject: Philosophy, Religion

    Research book collection about Song Ming thought authorized by Prof. Kusumoto Masatsugu(楠本正継) funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
    Donated in 1960
     

  • Aimi Collection
    Holding: Central Library
    Category: Private Collection
    Contents Type: Wahon, Japanese Books
    Subject: Art
  • Oe Collection
    Holding: Central Library
    Volumes: 570 books
    Category: Private Collection
    Contents Type: Japanese Books, Western Books
    Subject: Literature, Linguistics

    English language and literture
     

  • Oshima Collection
    Holding: Central Library
    Volumes: 127 books
    Category: Private Collection
    Contents Type: Japanese Books, Western Books
    Subject: Philosophy, Religion

    ethics

  • Gazoku Collection
    Holding: Central Library
    Category: Private Collection
    Contents Type: Wahon, Chinese Books, Japanese Books
    Subject: Philosophy, Religion, Art, Literature, Linguistics
  • Kimon Collection
    Holding: Central Library
    Volumes: 492 books
    Category: Private Collection
    Contents Type: Wahon, Chinese Books
    Subject: Philosophy, Religion

    Chinese philosophy

Pages