Understanding the Histories of Understanding the Histories of Book CollectionsBook Collections

Its Method, Significance, and Potential

Atsuhiko Wada, Waseda University

IntroductionIntroduction

When, why, and how were these book collections built?

Aim of My Research

To Clarify the histories of Japanese book collections in the US

The Japan-US Relationship Viewed from Book Circulation

Japanese Book Collections Diachronic Research Project (JBC Project)

The formations and changes of basic knowledge, images, and interests in each country

The history of book exchanges and book distributions between countries

Political, economic, and ethnic factors

Summary

1.What We Can See through the History of Japan-US Book Exchanges

2.The Study of Literacy History, Its Potential

3.Problems Concerning Library Documents

1 What We Can See through the 1 What We Can See through the History of Japan-US Book Exchanges.History of Japan-US Book Exchanges.

The significance of the research

Viewed from Early Days of Japanese collections in the US

1. The Important Roles of Nongovernment Groups

2.Active Networks and Connections of People in the US and Japan

3.Active Key People who Connected 1) and 2)

Asakawa Kanichi朝川貫一

1873-1948

Tsunoda Ryusaku角田柳作

1877-1946

Harada Tasuku原田助

1863-1940

Shibusawa Eiichi渋沢栄一

1840-1931

Considering the creation of Japanese book collections and libraries helps clarify these active relationships of people and organizations in both countries.

Kuroita Katsumi黒板勝美

1874-1946

Sakanishi Shio坂西志保

1896-1976

Japan Reference Library

1939-1941

Considering the history of Japanese collections sheds light on the confrontations between two countries, as well as the lives involved in them.

The Navy Japanese Language School 1941-

Studying the history of Japanese book collections clarifies the processes and reasons of growth of Japanese studies and Japanese language courses in the US.

The WDC collection at The Library of Congress

The study of the history of book collections is useful for providing accurate information of books at each library.

1. The Washington Document Center

2.The Civil Censorship Detachment

Two Major Flows of Books from Japan during the Occupation

Literacy history studies the creation and changes of writing and reading abilities.

Literacy History

2 Literacy History, Its Potentials2 Literacy History, Its Potentials

The potentials of the study of literacy history

Journal of Literacy History2008-

Books and Journals in Japanese in Various Communities Abroad

The Library of The Nihon Rikko Kai日本力行会（ 1897- ）移民史料室

The Journals Sympathetic to the "Kachigumi", Believers of Japan's victory

The study of literacy history can shed light on these items lost between countries

The Histories of Book Circulations in Each CountryTakami Bookshop　高美書店 (1797- ）

Mastumoto City, Nagano

The external information of books

•Where the books are located•The dates of purchases•How many copies were soldinfluences how the books are interpreted

The old documents of The Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai国際文化振興会文書

The translation project of Akutagawa works

The Japan Foundation Information Library

Akutagawa Ryunosuke芥川龍之介1892-1927

“A Ball”, 「舞踏会」（「新潮」 Jan.1920）

Rokumei-kan 　鹿鳴館

The political context of Indo-China in 1941

Readers of the story

Original contextin 1920

The impressions and interpretations of a novel depend on the location and situation in which the novel was read.

3 Problems Concerning Library 3 Problems Concerning Library DocumentsDocuments

The daily documents produced at libraries

Important resource for my research project

Annual reports, statistics, applications for various funds, and correspondences between librarians or book dealers

Necessity and Usefulness of the Cooperation between Librarians of Japanese Collection and University Archivists

The Increasing Records of E-Mail Transactions

The Preservation Policy of the University Archives

The active use of archival material in various course programs

Rare Book and Special Collection Room

Waseda Library

Data ProcessingPreservationCataloguingReprinting (翻刻 )

Archival Education and TrainingEffective use of library material

Graduate School of EducationGraduate School of Political Science

Waseda University

Library material