Understanding the Understanding the Histories of Book Histories of Book Collections Collections Its Method, Significance, and Potential Atsuhiko Wada, Waseda University
Jan 12, 2016
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