JUN TOKITAASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ASIAN RESOURCES

DIVISION, KANSAI-KAN OF THE NATIONAL DIET LIBRARY

　 2011 CEAL CONFERENCE

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND KOREAN JOINT SESSIONWEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2011

Overview of Chinese and Korean old books in Japan

Introduction

１． Situation of Chinese and Korean old books held in Japan２． Research trend in Japan３． Academic value and provision for social benefit of materials

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１． Situation of Chinese and Korean old books held in Japan

1.1. Location of Chinese old books in Japan

•“Zenkoku Kanseki Detabesu” : A Database of the Chinese Classics in Japan• http://www.kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/kanseki

•Nihon ni okeru kanseki no shushu: kanseki kankei mokuroku shusei. zoteiban, Kyuko Shoin, 1982.5.• Approximately 3,100 items of catalog of Chinese old

books are included

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１． Situation of Chinese and Korean old books held in Japan

1.2. Location of Korean old books in Japan

Union catalog•Nihon genson chosenbon kenkyu, Yukio Fujimoto

• Distinction of different or same edition, name of carver, publisher’s name, year and place of publication, bibliographical consideration

• Nihon genson chosenbon kenkyu. Shubu, Kyoto University Press, 2006.2.• 3,000 items stored at 80 institutions are included

Collection catalog•Zoho Toyo Bunko chosenbon bunrui mokuroku, Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan, 1979.3.

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１． Situation of Chinese and Korean old books held in Japan

1.3. Major institutions in Japan holding old books and rare materials

Chinese and Korean old books• Seikado Bunko, Imperial Palace library, Cabinet

Library of National Archive of Japan, The Toyo Bunko (Oriental Library), National Diet Library, Sonkeikaku Bunko, Ashikaga-School Library, Kyou Shooku, Tenri Central Library, Institute for Research in Humanities (Kyoto University), KEIO Institute of Oriental Classics, Daitokyu Bunko, Seikido Bunko (Ochanomizu Library), etc.

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１． Situation of Chinese and Korean old books held in Japan

Chinese old books• Kanazawa Bunko, Rin-noji Tenkai-zo, Shinpuku-ji Osu

Kannon, Tofuku-ji Fumon-in, Ishiyama-dera, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (Tokyo University), Waseda University Library, etc.

Korean old books• Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library, Hosa Bunko,

Todao-ji Temple, Jingu Bunko, Soke Bunko, Yomei Bunko, Yonezawa City Library, etc.

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１． Situation of Chinese and Korean old books held in Japan

1.3.1. Location of Chinese rare booksSong and Yuan editions•Seikado Bunko, Imperial Palace library, Cabinet Library of National Archive of Japan

1.3.2. Location of Korean rare booksOld books• Nihon genson chosenbon kenkyu. Shubu, Kyoto University

Press, 2006.2.

Catalog of documents•Nihon shozai chosen kinsei kirokurui kaidai, The Toyo Bunko, 2009.3. •Nihon shozai chosen koseki kankei shiryo kaidai, The Toyo Bunko, 2004.3.

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１． Situation of Chinese and Korean old books held in Japan

1.4 Medical books and Buddhist scriptures

1.4.1. Medical books•Wang Tie ce, Makoto Mayanagi, Hiroshi Kosoto, “Nitcyukan koiseki no shozo mokuroku” •Chosen ishoshi, Sakae Miki, 1956. (The bibliography of Korean medicine, ancient and mediaeval)

1.4.2. Buddhist scriptures•Susumu Kajiura, “Genson sokingenban butten risuto: tankoku,”　　　　　　　　　　　 “ Genson sokingen koraiban butten: Daizokyo” •Ryuichi Abe, “Sogenban shozai mokuroku” •Koyu Shiina, “Sokingenban zenseki shozai mokuroku”

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１． Situation of Chinese and Korean old books held in Japan

1.5 Manuscripts, Japanese editions

Gozamban•Gozamban no kenkyu, Kazuma Kawase, Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Japan, 1970.3. (Bibliographical Study of the Gozamban Editions of Medieval Japan, 1200-1500)

Old-style Movable-type editions (Kokatsujiban)• Kokatuji-ban no kenkyu. zohoban, Kazuma Kawase,

Antiqurian Booksellers Association of Japan, 1967. (Study of the Early Typographic Editions of Japan)

Japanese editions (Wakokubon)•Wakokubon kanseki bunrui mokuroku. zoho hoseiban, Kikuya Nagasawa, Kozo Nagasawa, Kyuko Shoin, 2006.3.

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２． Research trend in Japan

• Survey of unsearched materials• Collaborative research on materials

• Main centers are universities and attached institutions• Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University• KEIO Institute for Oriental Classics• Research Institute for Chinese Old Book Culture,

Waseda University• Nishogakusha University• University of Tokyo, Kyoto University and others

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２． Research trend in Japan

Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University

•“East Asian Culture and Publication” • Replaced ‘A Study of Publishing Culture in East Asia’(2000-

2004 FY)• Establishes international collaborative research system,

specialized academic field• Restores newly discovered materials and provides by

duplication• Researches and catalogs unprocessed Japanese and Chinese

items within Japan • Reports research results in a newsletter, Nao de la China

•Provision for social benefit by opening to the public• Higashiajia no shuppan to chiiki bunka: mukashi no hon no

monogatari, Akira Isobe, Kyuko Shoin, 2008.3. 　

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２． Research trend in Japan

• Photographic reproduction and bibliography of materials• Hi Shusai kan “Shinkoku kyohon zenso engi Sangokushiden”

no kenkyu to shiryo (A study and material of "Xin-ke jing-ben quan-xiang yan-yi San-guo zhi zhuan" published by the Fei Shou-zhai) (2008.3)

• Keio Gijuku Toshokan shozo binsaido kan shinkoku zoho hihyo zenzo saiyuki no kenkyu to shiryo (A study and material of Keio University Library's "Xin-ke zeng-bu pi-ping quan-xiang Xi-you ji" published by the Min-zhai tang) (2006.12)

• Shanhai Toshokan shozo “Koryuki” genten to kaidai (2010.3)• Keio Gijuku Toshokan zo “Shiro tambo to yonshu” genten to

kaidai (2009.4)

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２． Research trend in Japan

KEIO Institute for Oriental Classics

• Aiming to establish bibliography as an academic field and to pass it on to the next generation

• Zusetsu Shoshigaku: kotenseki o manabu, Bensei Shuppan, 2010.12.• Commemorating its 50th anniversary

• Abe Ryuichi ikoshu, Kyuko Shoin, 1985.1-1993.1.

• Shoshigaku no susume, Satoshi Takahashi, Toho Shoten, 2010.9.

• Muromachi jidai koshohon “Rongo shikkai” no kenkyu, Satoshi Takahashi, Kyuko Shoin, 2008.9.

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２． Research trend in Japan

Research Institute for Chinese Old Book Culture, Waseda University (since 2000)•Chinese archival distribution studies •Chugoku koseki ryutsugaku no kakuritsu: ryutsusuru koseki, ryutsusuru bunka, ed. by Chugoku Koseki Bunka Kenkyujo, Yuzankaku, 2007.3.

Nishogakusha University•Kanbun Studies (since 2000)•Department of Japanese Kanbun Instruction and Research Program•An International Research Project Based on Kanbun Sources to Reconstructa View of Japanese Culture Studies

•Prof. Setsuya Takayama famous for researching Chinese books held in regional libraries

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２． Research trend in Japan

Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo•Full-text Database of Chinese Rare Book •The Database of Genealogies in Korea

Kyoto University•Center for Informatics in East Asian Studies, Institute for Research in Humanities, plays a leading role as a manager of A Database of the Chinese Classics in Japan•Research of Kanji Culture

National Diet Library•Owns local history and descriptions, and genealogies

• Nihon shuyo toshokan/kenkyujo shozo Chugoku chihoshi sogo mokuroku, Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan Sanko Shoshibu, 1969.

•Directory of Asian information institutions

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３． Academic value and provision for social benefit of materials

Provision and share-project by publishing materials of academic value

•Kyuko Shoin• Kyuko, ed. Koten Kenkyukai

• Provides opportunities to present papers on bibliographical research • Koten Kenkyukai Sosho: Kanseki no bu. (Series of Chinese old

books in facsimile edition)• Daito sanzo shukyo shiwa: Okura Bunka Zaidan zo: Sohan,

Kyuko Shoin, 1997.10. • An example of Song edition popular novels extant in Japan

•Hiroyuki Takimoto• Published many photographic reproductions and bibliographies of

rare old books• Zenso heiwa 5-shu/ Sangokushi Engi (Hokanrobon) , Yushikan,

2009.1.

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Conclusion

１． Survey of unsearched materials２． Academic contribution by collaborative research and provision for social benefit３． Sharing with overseas researchers

Expected development in worldwide shared use and collaborative research.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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