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Kasuga Masaji & Kazuo Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : Approx. 1,300
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Japanese Books
  • Subject : Literature, Linguistics

Private collecion of Prof. Masaji Kasuga (春日政治/1878-1962)  and Kazuo Kasuga (春日和男/1915-2012)  about Japanese literature and linguistics.

Michel Collection

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Holding : Medical Library
  • Volumes : 507 documents
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Archival Documents, Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Medical Science

Catalog

Holding : Design Library
  • Volumes : 180 books
  • Category : Special Collection (Original)
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Engineering

180 rare books on all aspects of 19th century American architecture. Included are Thomas Pope's Treatise on Bridge Architecture (published in 1811) and various research books from the mid-1890's concerning the first skyscrapers.

Holding : Design Library
  • Volumes : 180 books
  • Category : Special Collection (Original)
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Art

180 rare books on all aspects of 19th century American architecture. Included are Thomas Pope's Treatise on Bridge Architecture (published in 1811) and various research books from the mid-1890's concerning the first skyscrapers.

A Collection on Color Theory

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Holding : Design Library
  • Volumes : 52 books
  • Category : Special Collection (Original)
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Art

Collection of the documents on color theory published in 19th to early 20th century.
Books on color vision, psychological impact, visual communication design, physiological sciences, industrial design, etc. are collected.

Anno Keijiro collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 621 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Law, Politics

Old collection of law-related books of Kyojiro Anno (1890-1946), professor of law and literature.

Aoki Family Documents

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Holding : Medical Library
  • Volumes : 123
  • Category : Archival Documents
  • Contents Type : Archival Documents
  • Subject : Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography, Medical Science

123 documents of the Aoki family, doctors of the Fukuoka domain.

Art Exhibition Catalog Collection

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Holding : Design Library
  • Volumes : 860
  • Category : Other Collections
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Art

This collection is a compilation of a vast collection of catalogs (with illustrated descriptions) consisting of the collection catalogs housed in the British Museum and other museums around the world, and the exhibition catalogues exhibited at various expositions and art exhibitions.

Asano Shoichi collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 398 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Law, Politics

Catalog

Asia Maps

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Holding : Central Library Web
  • Volumes : 9
  • Category : Online Gallery
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : History, Geography, Economy

[Japanese Version Only]

Aso-ke Monjo

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Holding : Manuscript Library
  • Volumes : 15,967 volumes
  • Category : Archival Documents
  • Contents Type : Archival Documents
  • Subject : History, Geography, Economy, Law, Politics

Documents of Aso Family, Aso-shoten and its related companies.

Bokuan Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 63 sets 330 volumes
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Chinese Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics

Personal collection on Confucianism collected by Morimoto Gitaro (森本儀太郎), a feudal retainer of the Hirado Domain.

Accession date:
October 15, 1925 / February 16, 1927 / March 2, 1927 / October 5, 1942

Books from German Tsing-tao

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 210 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Engineering
Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 107 sets 293 volumes
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, History, Geography

Books on military science held by the Ueda Family, the chief adviser of the Hiroshima domain. This collection mainly consists of documents on Kosho-Ryu (甲州流) military science, and also contains some images on castellation.

Accession date: June 10, 1933

Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 271 sets 991 volumes
  • Category : Special Collection (Original)
  • Contents Type : Wahon
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics

This collection is a comprehensive compilation of 991 volumes of 271 publications by wood printing types published in Japan in eighteenth century to nineteenth century (Genroku Era to Meiji Era), and covers all fields of Edo Era Culture.

Calendrical Calculation Books of China

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 61 sets 411 volumes
  • Category : Other Collections
  • Contents Type : Chinese Books
  • Subject : Science

Chikushi Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 1,999 sets 3,279 volumes
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Archival Documents, Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Literature, Linguistics

Private collection of Prof. Toyoda Minoru(豊田 実) on English study history in Japan.

Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 252 volumes
  • Category : Special Collection (Copies)
  • Contents Type : Microfilms
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion

A collection of Japanese Modern Christian Newspapers in Meiji Era, Taisho Era and pre-war Showa Era.

Coal Mining Industry in Fukuoka

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Holding : Manuscript Library Web

[Japanese Version Only] An exhibition of rare materials on a coal mining region of Kyushu from the Meiji to Showa period, housed in the Manuscript Library, Business & Economics Section.

COLLECTED PAPERS Database

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Holding : Web

A bibliographic database on medical science.

 

Collection of "URBANISM"

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Holding : Design Library
  • Volumes : 576 books
  • Category : Special Collection (Original)
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Sociology, Engineering

Documents on urban design in western countries in early 1900's, when researches for city planning has just started.
The collection contains documents on the history of city planning, development of constructional industries, urban management, urban finance, legislation, etc.

Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 27
  • Category : Special Collection (Original)
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Education

A collection of the earliest theoretical and instructional texts on so-called "German gymnastics" and related books, including biographies of Gutzmutz, the founder of German physical theory, and Jahn, the father of gymnastics.

Holding : Design Library
  • Volumes : 498 books
  • Category : Special Collection (Original)
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Art

The collection contains approximately 500 books on film published primarily in the United Kingdom, France, and the United States from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 49 titles
  • Category : Special Collection (Copies)
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : History, Geography
A corpus in which ancient or early medieval inscriptions scattered throughout the territory of the Old Roman Empire even those inscribed in small pieces were compiled by area.
Holding : Web
  • Volumes : 87,794
  • Category : Databases
  • Contents Type :
  • Subject : Agriculture

Records of silkworm growth breeded by Faculty of Agriculture.

→Integrated into Collections since Dec, 2013.

Der Bibliothek von Wolfgang Kunkel

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : About 4,800 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : History, Geography, Law, Politics

Private Collection by Prof. Wolfgang Kunkel (University of Munich).
Coverage of the collection is Roman law, public law, Roman history, Greek history, Papyrology, German history, etc.
The collection consists of about 3,000 books, 1,300 periodicals and over 8,000 offprints.

Dermatology Classroom Catalogs

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Holding : Medical Library
  • Volumes : 5
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Medical Science

The collection of the Department of Dermatology's former collection of dermatological diseases includes five items published in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Among the most notable are "Atlas der Hautkrankheiten" and "Japanese skin diseases and syphilis".

Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 378 volumes
  • Category : Special Collection (Copies)
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Law, Politics
Conference note of German Parliament, official note of German Parliament First to eighth period of election (1949-1977) and first to seventh period index
Holding : Central Library
Collected dissertations approved at major universities in the world especially in the US and Canada in the five years from 1982 to 1986 in all fields of educational psychology.

Documents of Miike Labor Union

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Holding : Manuscript Library
  • Volumes : 5,923 documents
  • Category : Archival Documents
  • Contents Type : Archival Documents
  • Subject : History, Geography, Sociology, Economy

Documents from Mitsui-Miike Labor Union.

Documents of Mitsubishi Hashima

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Holding : Manuscript Library
  • Volumes : 5,083 documents
  • Category : Archival Documents
  • Contents Type : Archival Documents
  • Subject : History, Geography, Economy

Documents donated from the Hashima Coalmine, Mitsubishi Mining Company, mainly about the company's coalmine management after World War II.

Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 11+4(other place)
  • Category : Special Collection (Original)
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Law, Politics

A collection of carefully selected original works on the history of political science and political thought published in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, including Bacon's "The twoo bookes of the proficience and aduancement of learning, diuine and humane".

East German literature Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 533 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Literature, Linguistics

Ejima Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 121 sets 233 volumes
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon
  • Subject : History, Geography

Private collection and manuscripts of Ejima Moitsu (江島茂逸), a local historian in Fukuoka. The collection contains a lot of valuable documents on Fukuoka's local history in the end of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration.
 

Esaki Collection

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Holding : Central Library Science and Technology Library

Personal collection on 本草学 (medical science originated in China) by Prof. Teizo Esaki. After his death, Faculty of Agriculture purchased his collection several times between 1963 and 1976.

European Agriculture Classics

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 1,175 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Economy, Agriculture

Books on Agriculture in Modern Europe.
A part of the collection is donated by Prof. Koide Manji(小出 満二), and Prof. Kimura Shuzo(木村 修三).

Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 41 titles
  • Category : Special Collection (Copies)
  • Contents Type : Microfilms
  • Subject : Economy
Official economic statistic data such as national income, national wealth, finance, labor, industrial and trade of 23 countries in Europe.

Fejer Collection

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Holding : Science and Technology Library
  • Volumes : 578 sets 786 volumes
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Science

Personal collection by Lipót Fejér (1880-1959) who was mathematician in Hungary.

Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 13 sets 16 volumes
  • Category : Special Collection (Original)
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Law, Politics

Lecture notes on Friedrich Carl von Savigny (an German jurist, 1779-1861) and members of the German Historical School (Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, Arnold Heise, Karl Adolf von Vangerow, Emil Hermann, Heinrich Thöl, etc)

Fukuoka District Court collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 655 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Chinese Books, Japanese Books
  • Subject : Law, Politics

 

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Fukuoka Modern Literature Chronology

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Holding : Web

This is a database of the historical events related to literature happened in Fukuoka. It is based on the research outcome of Prof.

Furuno collection

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Holding : Central Library Manuscript Library
  • Volumes : 764 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography

Japanese and Chinese books formerly owned by the Furuno family, village headman of Shiromaru Village, Kurate County, and distributed to the library and the Faculty of Law and Letters. The documents were received by the Kyushu Institute of Cultural History in 1933.

Holding : Central Library

Collection based on the book collection of Professor Gerhard von Schulz Gaevernitz former professor of Freiburg University and known as the representative of German New Historical School.

Gokanbon(bound book) Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 215 volumes
  • Category : Special Collection (Original)
  • Contents Type : Wahon
  • Subject : Literature, Linguistics

Gokanbon(bound book) collection written by Santo Kyoden(山東 京伝), Kyokutei Bakin(曲亭 馬琴) and Ryutei Tanehiko(柳亭 種彦) in Edo period.

Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : About 29,500
  • Category : Special Collection (Copies)
  • Contents Type : Microfilms
  • Subject : Economy
This collection is consisted of literature of social sciences in 15th-20th century in the Goldsmith' Library of Economic Literature at the University of London and the Kress Library of Business and Economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Business and Business Administration in Boston.

Groß Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 2800 Volumes
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : History, Geography, Sociology, Economy, Law, Politics

Former collection of the Austrian politician and economist Gustav Grosß (1856-1935), mainly related to economics and political science.

Gushima Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 3,036 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Law, Politics

Private collection of Prof. Gushima Kanesaburo(具島 兼三郎) about contemporary international politics.

Gyokusenkan Archives

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Holding : Manuscript Library

This collection consists mainly of old documents other than the Mitoma Papers, which were collected during the time of the former Fukuoka High School.

Hagino Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : About 7,600 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Japanese Books
  • Subject : Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography

Private collection of Prof. Hagino Yoshiyuki(萩野 由之) about Japanese history and literature.

Hama Collection

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Holding : Central Library

Private collection of Prof. Hama Kazue(濱一衛), about 2,500 volumes of books on Chinese theater. A lot of booklets,clippings, records and photos are included in the collection.

Holding : Central Library
It is conference notes and records of discussion of British parliament, and mainly consists of law bills and reports of regular committee and ad hoc committee of the parliament and reports of government agencies.

Hara collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 19 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Education

Old collection of books related to pedagogy of Toshiyuki Hara (原 俊之)(1908-2001), professor of the Faculty of Education.

Harrison Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 242 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : History, Geography, Sociology, Economy

Private collection of Prof. Lloyd Harrison about coal mining and coal minors in UK.

Henry George Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 59 books
  • Category : Special Collection (Original)
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Economy

Collection consisting of books by American economist Henry George (1839-1897), related books by his contemporaries, and Henry George research books.

Higaki Collection

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Holding : Central Library Manuscript Library
  • Volumes : About 50,000 materials
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Archival Documents, Japanese Books
  • Subject : Art, History, Geography

Private collection of Prof. Higaki Motokichi (檜垣 元吉, 1906-1988).

Higuchi Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 293 sets 1,742 volumes
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Chinese Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography

Pribate collection of Higuchi Wado (樋口和堂), a Han learning (漢学) scholar lived in Sakaida, Yame. His collection ranges from chinese old texts to travel writings. Especially, the Fushimi version of the Azuma Kagami is noteworthy.

Hiraiwa Yoshikuni collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 264 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography

 

Hiratsuka Masunori collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 238 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Education, History, Geography

Old collection of books related to pedagogy and Chinese studies of Prof. Masunori Hiratsuka (平塚 益徳)(1907-1981) of the Faculty of Education.

Hirose Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 10,804 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Chinese Books, Japanese Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography

The book collection of Private Fukuoka Library deposited to the Central Library was purchased for Hirose Bunko soon after the war.

hosei collection

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Holding : Manuscript Library
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