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This is a database of source documents that trace the footsteps of defence policy, consisting of the 'Defence Agency Historical Materials', a group of documents collected for the compilation of the Defence Agency History, and the 'Kubo Documents' and 'Ito Documents', personal documents of defence bureaucrats.
Ichikawa Fusae （1893‒1981）was a politician and a leader of the women's suffrage movement.
This database contains the vast amount of original documents she collected that remain at the Fusae Ichikawa Memorial Association "Women and Politics" Center.
The collection covers materials related to the women's movement from the prewar to the postwar period, beginning with the "New Women's Association" founded in 1919 with Hiratsuka and others, and ending with the postwar "New Japan Women's League" (founded in 1945).
An extensive collection of documents belonging to Takeo Miki (1907-88), who served as 66th Prime Minister of Japan. In addition to primary sources showing the international situation particularly in Asia, the Middle East, and in Soviet-Chinese-US relations during the turbulent years of the 1960s to‘80s, Related Documents on Takeo Miki serves as a rich source of information on Japanese domestic affairs, including administrative and financial reform, pollution and environmental problems, social security, and issues in education.
This database contains the all of the texts (in accordance with Adam & Tannery edition, which is still in the position of critical edition) of René Descartes (1596-1650), who is one of the representative philosophers of the seventeenth century. It is the essential tool for studies of contemporary Cartesian philosophy, in particular, in respect of that it has the search function covering each of the works or the all of the texts.
＊You can use also Past Masters Commons Series, which is Open Titles. (The Works of Machiavelli, Montaigne, Montesquieu etc. are available.)
This database contains page images of Arabic and Western translations of Islamic classical works on religion, law, science, history, geography, literature, languages, and other Islamic studies etc. as well as Arabic translations of Christian works in European languages. These held by the British Library.
This is a rare and important collection covering an unprecedented range of subjects and a scale in its kind.
Module 1 : Religion and Law is available.
The First Period (Sato Eisaku Papers)
Unpublished materials left by Minoru Kusuda (1924-2003), the chief secretary who supported the Eisaku Sato administration (1964-1972).
The documents are virtually the "Sato Eisaku Papers," consisting of first-class, top-secret materials on everything from diplomacy to domestic politics.
This is a large collection of over 4,000 items, and is an indispensable basic historical document for the future of postwar history.
The former collection of Teiji Yabe (1902-1967), a political scientist who was deeply involved in realpolitik before and after World War II. The collection contains a vast amount of original materials, amounting to approximately 6,000 items left in Yabe's possession.
The collection covers the period from the prewar period to the late 1960s, and includes Yabe's own handwritings and correspondence as well as internal documents of various organizations he was involved with from the prewar to the postwar period.
A large cache of documents left by Masayoshi Ohira (1910-1980), 68th and 69th Prime Minister of Japan.
"National Geographic" was published in 1888 by the National Geographic Society, one of the world's largest non-profit organizations.
In this database, you can browse from the first issue to the latest issue with page image and full-text search function.
※ It takes 2 months to be listed in this database after the release of the latest issue.
List of Contents other than "National Geographic"
Module 1 : LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940 Part I
This collection brings together approximately 1.5 million pages of primary sources on social, political, health, and legal issues impacting LGBTQ communities around the world. Rare and unique content from newsletters, papers, government documents, manuscripts, pamphlets, and other types of primary sources sheds light on the gay rights movement, activism, the HIV/AIDS crisis, and more.
