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Kishi Saburo Collection

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Holding : Central Library Science and Technology Library
  • Volumes : 137 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Agriculture

Former collection of books mainly related to the agricultural science of KISHI Saburo, a sugar refinery engineer.

Kokusai Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 703 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : History, Geography, Sociology, Law, Politics, Agriculture

Books donated by Kyushu International Culture Assosiation.
Documents on politics, diplomacy and culture in the Far East during World War II.

Kondo Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 396 sets 2,244 volumes
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Chinese Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics

Private collection of Kondo Isai (近藤畏斎), a feudal retainer of the Hirado Domain.

Kori Torahiko Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 270 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Art, Literature, Linguistics

Personal collection on European literature by Kori Torahiko (郡虎彦) , an international playwright born in Japan. Prof. Akira Osawa, a professor belonged to Faculty of Law and Letter, was a close friend of Kori and it might be a reason of the donation of the collection.

Kuchinashi Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 10,000 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Chinese Books, Japanese Books
  • Subject : Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography

Private collection of Prof. Tamura Sen-ichiro (田村 専一郎), related to Japanese history and Japanese literature. The collection contains the oldest copy of "Yamato Tales" appointed national cultural asset.

Kuwaki Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 5,027 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Chinese Books, Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Science

Book collection about science history collected by Prof. Kuwaki Ayao (桑木 彧雄, Ayao, 1878-1945).

La Collection de Charles Perrat

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : About 3,800 Materials
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : History, Geography

Former book collection of the late professor Charless Perrat (French National Paleography School) About 3,800 Materials related to history auxiliary sciences, especially paleography, western legal history and local history.

Lotmar Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 1,729 volumes
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Law, Politics

Private collection of Prof. Philippe Lotmar (1850-1922), a formar president of the University of Bern, about Roman law, private law, labor law, legal philosophy etc.


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Masazumi Eto documents

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 60 sets 224 volumes
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Archival Documents
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography

Eto Masazumi's (Kokugaku thinker, 1836-1911) autograph manuscripts. His manuscripts are based on the huge collection of books and catalogs, some of them are already dissipated.

Masuda Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 493 sets 2,090 volumes
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Chinese Books, Japanese Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics

Pribate collection of Masuda Koho (益田古峯), a teacher at Shuyukan (修猷館). The collection is mainly consists of the literary works written by Confucianists.

Accession date: March 22, 1966
Number of Volumes:
 493 sets 2090 volumes (according to the handwritten catalog)

Masuda Renkichi collection

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Holding : Central Library Manuscript Library
  • Volumes : 342
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Chinese Books, Archival Documents, Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Education, Art, Literature, Linguistics, History, Geography, Economy, Law, Politics
Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : about 300 books
  • Category : Other Collections
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books
  • Subject : Law, Politics

A group of books of the proceedings of the Code Research Committee, pertaining to the work of compiling the basic codes of the Meiji era. Typewritten by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in the Showa era.

Matsunami Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 12,612 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Wahon, Chinese Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, Literature, Linguistics

Private collection of Prof. Matsunami Taigan (松涛 泰巌).
Buddhist scriptures published in Edo period.

Meiji Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : about 1200 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books
  • Subject : Law, Politics

This is a collection of law-related books published in the Meiji period, owned by the Faculty of Law.
This is an extremely valuable collection for research on jurisprudence and jurists of the Meiji period.

Mikami Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 855 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books, Western Books
  • Subject : History, Geography

Private collection of Prof. Mikami Masatoshi (三上 正利) about geography, history and ethnic studies in Japan, Russia, Soviet, Mongol and China.

Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 4000
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Japanese Books
  • Subject : Art

Former collection of Professor Emeritus Yoichiro Shimada, donated to the Central Library in 2021.
The collection is related to modern and contemporary Japanese "songs" and includes a wide range of materials, from the songs themselves to the people who express them.

Morita Collection

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Holding : Central Library

Former collection of historical materials on Japan-Korea relations of Yoshio Morita (1910-1992), professor of Seishin Women's College

Mouko Atack pictures with notes

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Holding : Central Library Web

[Japanese Version Only] "Moko Shurai Ekotoba" is a painting scrolls on the Mongol invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281.

Mr. and Mrs. Webb Collection

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Holding : Central Library
  • Volumes : 100
  • Category : Special Collection (Original)
  • Contents Type : Western Books
  • Subject : Sociology, Economy

The collection focuses on the writings of Sidney Webb (1859-1947) and Beatrice Webb (1858-1943), a British sociologist and economist.

Naganuma Collection

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Holding : Central Library Manuscript Library
  • Volumes : 791 books
  • Category : Private Collection
  • Contents Type : Archival Documents, Western Books
  • Subject : Philosophy, Religion, History, Geography

Private collection of Prof. Naganuma Kenkai (長沼 賢海). Materials related to history of Oriental culture focusing on Japan.

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