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

• 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.

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.

• 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.

• Volumes : About 29,500
• Category : Special Collection (Copies)
• Contents Type : Microfilms
• Subject : Economy

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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).

• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.

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• 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.

Catalog

• 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.

• Volumes : 1701 Volumes
• Category : Private Collection
• Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
• Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Psychology, History, Geography, Sociology, Law, Politics

• 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.

• Volumes : 42
• Category : Online Gallery
• Contents Type : Wahon
• Subject : History, Geography

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• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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".

Personal collection on geological science by Prof.Tokunosuke Ito.

• 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.

• 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.

• Volumes : 151 books
• Category : Private Collection
• Contents Type : Western Books
• Subject : Economy, Agriculture

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• Volumes : 300
• Category : Archival Documents
• Contents Type : Wahon, Archival Documents
• Subject : History, Geography

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