The National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) is a research center for ethnology and cultural anthropology.

Library floor guide

Guide to Stacks Layout

Level 1 ● Overseas, Chinese and Korean Periodicals
● Oversize Books　● Books bound of Japanese Style
● Catalogues/Bibliographies/Indexes
● Collection : Moriya, Evangelista, Nakanishi
● Microform reader
Level 2 ● Japanese Periodicals
● News Paper Reduced-size Edition
● Sutra 　　● Chinese Local Encyclopedias
● Chinese Classic Books Series
● Collection : Shinoda, Saguchi
Level 3 ● W (World)　● A (Asia) A1～AM
Level 4 ● Japan Prefectures Aynu (AB6)
● A (Asia) AN～AZ
Level 5 ● E (Europe)　● F (Africa)
● M (Middle East)
● N (North America)　　● O (Oceania)
● R (Russia)　　● S (South America)

Periodicals　　 Books

  • Periodicals are shelved according to the titles, which are classified by the Overseas,　Japanese, and Chinese-Korean sections.
  • The arrangement of Books is based on ＯＷＣ(Outline of World Cultures) , and classified by their regions and ethnos. In addition, ＤＤＣ(Dewey Decimal Classification) and ＮＤＣ(Nippon Decimal Classification) are secondarily used.
  • Please ask at Library reception for further details.