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The Minpaku Library has many collections, many of which were originally private libraries of researchers and which have been donated to the library. These include a collection of scripts from around the world, materials concerning Esperanto, etc. Some of these collections are introduced in this section.
last modified : June 2007
| Name of Collection | Description | Number of Available Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Arabian Nights Collection | Arabian Nights and the reference materials, collected for the special exhibition, “The Arabian Nights” in the year of 2004. Reception is ongoing. | About 1,800 volumes |
| Dolmatoff Collection | An old library of Reichel Dolmatoff, a cultural anthropologist in Colombia. It is mainly regarding archaeology, ethnology, and sociology in Latin America. Received in 1974. | About 6,400 volumes |
| Esperant Collection | Reference Collections regarding Esperanto, including grammar books and dictionaries. Rare books that are hard to obtain. Received in 1983. | About 2,700 volumes |
| Evangelista Collection * | An old library of Alfred E. Evangelista, the former Director-General of National Museum of Philippine. References are mainly regarding Philippine in 1950s to 1970s. Received in 1990 | About 650 volumes |
| Fujioka Collection | An old library of Dr. Yoshinaru Fujioka, who was the former professor of Ehime University and a cultural anthropologist (mainly specializing in psycho-anthropology). It mainly consists of references regarding psychology, cultural anthropology, and psycho-anthropology. Received in 1994. | About 3,200 volumes |
| Gonzalez Collection | An old library of Dr. Rex, Gonzalez, an eminent archeologist and ethnologist in Argentina. Mainly, centered on ethnological references of Latin America. Received in 1994. | About 1,300 volumes |
| Heine-Geldern Collection | An old library of Von HEIDE-GELDERN, Robert, a former professor of the University of Vienna and an ethnologist. The collection mainly includes works on ethnology, anthropology, and prehistory. It was received in 1975. | About 200 volumes |
| Izumi Collection | An old library of the late Seiichi Izumi, the former professor of Tokyo University and an anthropologist. References mainly regarding history, archeology (mostly Latin America), and cultural anthropology. Received in 1975. | About 1,300 volumes |
| Makino Collection | An old library of Dr. Tatsumi Makino who was the former emeritus professor of Tokyo University and a sociologist, mainly regarding sociology, history, and ethnology. It includes Chinese classic books, which was once his treasured volumes and is of scarcity value (about 10,000 volumes). Its reception was from 1977 to 1978. | About 16,000 volumes |
| Mabuchi Collection | An old library of late Toichi Mabuchi who was the former emeritus professor of Tokyo Metropolitan University and a social anthropologist, mainly regarding ethnology and social anthropology. Received in 1990. | About 3,300 volumes |
| Morse Collection | Microfilms of "E.S. Morse Papers" that is a collection of the Peabody Museum of Salem in the United States. It consists of premier research materials, such as letters, diary and drafts of Morse, who is famous as a finder of Ohmori shell midden. Received in 1990. | 68 reels |
| Moriya Collection * | An old library of late Dr. Takeshi Moriya who was the former professor of National Museum of Ethnology and a scholar of Japanese cultural history, mainly regarding history of performing art, literature, and history. Received in 1992 | About 1,700 volumes |
| Nakanishi Collection * | An old library of documents of world letters, which had been collected by late Mr. Akira Nakanishi who was the former president of Nakanishi Printing Company. It includes samples and newspapers. Received in 1994. Nakanishi collection database --- World literary materials [Link to the Japanese page] | About 1,500 volumes |
| Ohbayashi Collection | An old library of late Dr. Taryo Ohbayashi, the former emeritus professor of Tokyo University. References mainly regarding major theories of ethnology and cultural anthropology and their underlying documents. Most of the Western and Chinese literary documents are especially valuable. Its reception was from 2002 to 2005. | About 2,800 volumes |
| Primitive Art Collection | It mainly consists of documents regarding art, ethnology and archaeology in America, Africa and South Pacific region. Especially it is valuable for the study of Maya and Aztec civilization. Received in 1983. | About 2,000 volumes |
| Saguchi Collection * | An old library of Dr. Toru Saguchi, an Oriental Historian (especially history of Central Asia). Mainly, centered on Russian references regarding Oriental history and ethnology. Its reception was from 1994 to 2000. | About 750 volumes |
| Shinoda Collection * | An old library of late Dr. Osamu Shinoda, who was the former director of the Japan Society for Historical Research of Manners and Customs, and a pioneer of food history in East Asia. It mainly consists of references regarding botanical history, history and ethnology, as well as others related botanic or manners and customs. Received in 1979. | About 8,300 volumes |
| Sugimoto Collection | An old library of Tojiro Sugimoto, who was the former professor of the Naniwa Junior College and a scholar of Japanese literature. References are mainly regarding Japanese literature, classic performing art, and artistic handicraft. Received in 1989. | About 1,700 volumes |
| Takeuchi Esperanto Collection | An old library of the late Yoshikazu Takeuchi, an honorary member of The Universal Esperanto Association. Valuable documents regardinEsperanto. Received in 2006. | About 550 volumes |
| Tanaka Collection | An old library of late Dr. Chozaburo Tanaka, who was the former emeritus professor of Osaka Prefecture University, regarding botany and agriculture. He was a fruit farmer and scholar of botany with Doctor of Agriculture and Doctor of Science. Received in 1977. | About 1,600 volumes |
| Umesao Collection | An old library of Dr. Tadao Umesao, the first Director-General of National Museum of Ethnology. It covers a wide range of fields, such as ethnology, geography, history, art, and literature. Reception is ongoing. | About 33,000 volumes |
* The Collection with * is located separately on the second floor. Others are not stored independently as a collection.