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

Sugi Collection

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Holding : Science and Technology Library
  • Volumes : 374 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Science

Personal collection on geological science by Prof. Ken-ichi Sugi.

Accession date:
1949…March 5, March 31, Jule 30
1950…July 27, August 25
1952…March 10, March 11

Takada Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 378 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books
  • Subject : Law, Politics

Books on politics and commercial law in Asia donated by Prof. Takada Gensei(高田 源清).

Takahashi Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 1,105 volumes
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Law, Politics

Private collection on sociology, collected by Prof. Takahashi Takeshi (高橋武).

Takahashi Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 1270 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Literature, Linguistics

Former collection of Professor Takahashi Yoshitaka (1913-1995) of the Faculty of Letters, mainly related to Goethe, Thomas Mann, and German Literature and Arts, donated by the Takahashi family to the German Literature Research Office of the Faculty of Letters in February 2004, with an additional

Takase Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 3,200 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Chinese Books, Japanese Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics

Private collection of Prof. Takase Takejiro(高瀬 武次郎) on Han learning.

 

Takeda Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 1, 239 volumes
  • Category : Archival Documents
  • Contents Type : Archival Documents
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography

Personal collection of the Takeda Family, the confucianists family who served under the Fukuoka domain. Kyushu University Library purchased the collection from Syukichi Takeda with Fukuoka Prefectural Library. This collection consists of Letters of Kaibara Ekiken (貝原益軒), the master of T

Takeuchi Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : About 600 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Chinese Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics

Donated by Takeuchi Tsuguji(武内 継治) in 1955.
Book collection on Confucian classics, Neo-Confucianism and Kimon School.
 

Takeya Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 250 volumes
  • Category : Archival Documents
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Archival Documents, Japanese Books
  • Subject : Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography, Medical Science

The materials of the Takeya family, a medical family in Fukuoka, are held at the Central Library under a deposition agreement between the Takeya family and Kyushu University Library.

Tanaka Saburo collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 356 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Chinese Books, Archival Documents, Japanese Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Art, History, Geography

Catalog

Text-books & Curriculum Library

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : About 5,500 books(AEL: About 1,500 books, NEL: About 4,000 books)
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Education
This collection is based on one of the 13 sets of the "American Education Library (AEL)" donated to the Japanese government by the U.S. government in 1947. The purpose of the "American Education Library" was to subsidize the compilation of textbooks by private citizens and to contribute to the advancement and development of curricula and other school education issues. In 1948, NEL, Japanese textbooks and pedagogical books collected by the Ministry of Education, was added to the collection, and the name was changed from the "American Education Library" to the “Text-books & Curriculum Library". Thereafter, the collection was expanded through additional materials from the Ministry of Education and the University's own collection until around 1950~1960s.
Holding : Web

The 36th Rare Book Exhibition : Nara Ehon

Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 350 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Science

 

Holding : Central Library Web
  • Volumes : 512 titles
  • Category : Special Collection (Original)
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : History, Geography, Law, Politics

This collection consists of the books on the international law and law of nation published in the 17th and 18th century. It covers major works on international law in this period. Viewing the collection, we can make a general survey of the development of this study field.

Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 250 volumes
  • Category : Special Collection (Original)
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion

The collection consists of about 250 books, that is, old publications of literary works and studies written by Thomas Aquinas in thirteenth century.

Holding : Central Library

Auxiliary statutes, reports and research reports in various fields related to British Government are systematically recorded by related government agency in 1922 to 1972. As to economics, primary materials related to export of capital especially portfolio investment are included.

The Financial Times, 1888-1981

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 294 reels
  • Category : Special Collection (Copies)
  • Contents Type : Microfilms
  • Subject : Economy

The collection comprises of 294 reels of microfilm of valuable original documents covering politics, economics and culture from 1888 to 1981.

The Foundations of German Sociology

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Holding : Central Library

The collection consists of original works and first edition books by savants who contributed to the development of German sociology in late nineteenth century to today, with a central focus on four great savants of German sociology, Georg Simmel, Max Weber, Werner Sombart and Max Scheler.

Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 1878
  • Category : Special Collection (Original)
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion

This collection contains literature on conservative thought published from Carl Ludwig von Haller, one of the advocates of conservative thought in the early 19th century, to Ernst Moritz Arndt and Friedrich Julius Stahl, through the reign of Wilhelm II, who pushed for military expansion with his

Holding : Central Library Web

An exhibition about a flood disaster on 1953 in Fukuoka.

Holding : Central Library

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.

Toda Collection

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Holding : Medical Library
  • Volumes : 142 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Medical Science

Former collection of "Tadao Toda", author of "Toda New Bacteriology", which is widely used as a microbiology textbook in universities throughout Japan, and related books. He was a professor of bacteriology at Kyushu Imperial University School of Medicine and the first director of the Tuberculosis

Tokizane Akiho Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 149
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography, Law, Politics

Former collection of the 11th Fukuoka Mayor, Akiho Tokizane, mainly Korean books and reference graphic documents. Donated to the former Fukuoka High School.

Tomita Collection

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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

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

Ugata Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 1,700
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Law, Politics

Collection includes many valuable books on German law (constitutional law, administrative law, and local government law) from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Umegaki Collection

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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.

Universal Public Law Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 37
  • Category : Special Collection (Original)
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Law, Politics

This is a collection of works on international law (public international law) that were considered important during the period of acceptance of European international law in Japan from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period.

Urology Classroom Kubo Old Books

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Holding : Medical Library
  • Volumes : 400 books
  • Category : Other Collections
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Chinese Books
  • Subject : Medical Science

Shigeru Takagi, the first professor of the Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, collected old Japanese and Chinese medical books in the market, which were formerly owned by Inokichi Kubo (1874-1939), the first professor of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology.

 

Watanabe Collection

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Holding : Science and Technology Library
  • Volumes : 887 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : History, Geography, Science

Personal collection on geological science by Prof. Kyukichi Watanabe.
Prof. Watanabe engaged in many researches on mineral resources and the collection contains a lot of research papers and geological maps on the researches.

Accession date:December 16, 1940

Watanabe collection

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Holding : Central Library Manuscript Library
  • Volumes : 223 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Archival Documents, Japanese Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, History, Geography
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