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A collection assembled from the previous collection of 2,417 books by Tokyo Higher Normal School Professor Okakura Yoshisaburo (English linguistics and literature). Professor Okakura’s older brother Okakura Tenshin, was a pioneer in the art world. The Okakura Collection includes many difficult to obtain books covering many fields, such as English, Latin, and Korean languages and British literature. Of particular value are the dictionaries and study materials in English, German, French and Dutch from the end of the Tokugawa period to the beginning of the Meiji era.
Received in September 1940.
[Location] Shelved in the general stacks. In-library-use-only materials are Stored in the Japanese style book archive room 2.
A collection assembled from the previous collection of 313 books on Chinese literature and poetry etc. by Mr. Saito Michihiko.
Received in August 1962.
A collection assembled from the previous collection of 1,234 books by Higher Normal School Professor Hidaka Masane (education and philosophy). Includes a booklet entitled日高文庫設立顛末/Hidaka Bunko Setsuritsu Tenmatsu. Professor Hidaka collected a large number of books while studying in Germany, but died just two years after returning to Japan. It was decided to create an archive of these books in his memory. Donations were collected, and the collection was established. The funds were donated by 447 prominent scholars, including Kano Jigoro, Natsume Kinnosuke (Soseki), and Kitasato Shibasaburo.
Received in December 1922.
Documents related to land in modern China, collected by the sixth investigative committee of Toa Kenkyujo, a national policy and research institute established in Japan in 1938, and disbanded after the end of World War II
A collection of 315 items, including academic diaries from 1800 to 1862, the correspondence of the headmaster Hayashi Jussai and Confucian scholar Sato Issai, booklets and leaflets related to the school, and receipt ledgers for the school collection.
[Location] Stored in the rare book archive.
A collection assembled from the previous collection of 1,903 books by Tokyo Higher Normal School Professor Hayashi Taisuke (Han learning).
A collection of many precious items, such as論語集注/Rongo Shicchu or Lunyu jizhu, transcribed in Genki era. The main focus is on Chinese culture adopted in Japan, and Japanese editions of Chinese works.
Received in December 1922.