Library Collections

Sekisui Collection

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Holding : Central Library

Volumes : 875 sets 3,089 volumes
Category : Private Collection
Contents Type : Wahon, Chinese Books
Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics

Private collection of Kusumoto Sekisui (楠本碩水), a Confucian scholar in Hirado domain. The collection came to Kyushu University through the good offices of Prof. Kusumoto Masatsugu (楠本正継), a grandson of Kusumoto Tanzan (a brother of Sekisui).

Shigaki Collection

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Holding : Central Library

Volumes : 992 books
Category : Private Collection
Contents Type : Western Books
Subject : History, Geography

Former collection of Professor Yoshio Shigaki (1940-1997) of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, mainly related to early modern French history, donated to the Ropponmatsu Branch Library by the Shigaki family in 1997.

Shigeo Nishimura collection

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Holding : Central Library

Volumes : 700
Category : Private Collection
Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
Subject : Law, Politics

This is the former collection of Shigeo Nishimura, a professor at the Graduate School of Law, and includes rare books on law, mainly in Latin.

Shimada documents

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Holding : Central Library

Volumes : 730 volumes
Category : Archival Documents
Contents Type : Archival Documents
Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics

Shin Gisu Collection

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Holding : Central Library

Volumes : 1,925 books
Category : Private Collection
Contents Type : Japanese Books
Subject : Art, Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography, Sociology

Former collection of Mr. Shin Gisu (辛基秀), a filmmaker and a leading researcher on Korean envoys to Japan. This collection was transferred from the Research Center for Korean Studies to the Central Library, and completed the liquidation in 2023.

Shinobu Collection

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Holding : Central Library

Volumes : 6,612 books
Category : Private Collection
Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
Subject : Law, Politics

Books donated by Prof. Shinobu Seizaburo(信夫清三郎) about political history in modern Japan.

Shirai Collection

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Holding : Central Library Science and Technology Library

Volumes : 2,081 books
Category : Private Collection
Contents Type : Japanese Books
Subject : Law, Politics

Private collection of Prof. Shirai Tadashi (白井正) about constitutional law and political science.

Shirakawa Collection

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Holding : Central Library

Volumes : 2,719 books
Category : Private Collection
Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
Subject : Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography, Sociology

Former collection of Prof. Shirakawa Yutaka (白川豊) of Kyushu Sangyo University, mainly related to Korea. He was an assistant professor at Kyushu University in the late 1980's. This collection was transferred from the Research Center for Korean Studies to the Central Library, and completed the liquidation in 2023.

Shoyo Collection

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Holding : Central Library

Volumes : 458 sets 2,776 volumes
Category : Private Collection
Contents Type : Wahon, Chinese Books
Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography

Private collection of So Moritoshi (宗盛年), a teacher at Shuyukan (修猷館). This contains private collection of confucianists in Fukuoka like Kamei Shoyo (亀井昭陽) or Hara Kosho (原古処).

Stumpf Collection

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Holding : Central Library

Volumes : 3875 volumed
Category : Private Collection
Contents Type : Western Books
Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Psychology

Carl Stumpf: Germany acousmato psychologist