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Bodleian Japanese Library, University of Oxford

Address

27 Winchester Road, Oxford OX2 6NA, UK

contact

Izumi K Tytler
Bodleian Japanese Librarian
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 284502 Fax: +44 (0) 1865 284500
e-mail: Izumi.tytler@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Size of collection

printed books: c.1,000 titles
Manuscripts: c.100 titles
Single-Sheet Items: c.10 maps

Collection description

The Bodleian’s historical collections in Japanese are small. Nevertheless, the Library holds some unique treasures acquired in the early years of its foundations, including Saga-bon (3 titles), Kirishitan-ban (6 titles, held in the central Bodleian), Shogun Ieyasu’s Shuinjo.
The collection of 版本 is now held in the Nipponica collection, quite miscellaneous in character, covering a wide range of printed books of the Edo period, including some woodblock print albums.
Japanese manuscripts, numbering about 100 titles, include over 20 titles of Nara-ehon.
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Access to bibliographic data

A)Online catalogues
i)Printed books
the Union Catalogue of Early Japanese Books in EuropePart of the collection (Satow collection etc) is included.

ii) Manuscripts
Naraehon collection at BJL.

B)Printed catalogues
*Card catalogues are available
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How can researchers gain access to the material?

Readers need to obtain Bodleian reader’s card. Please refer to the admissions information at Details of how to apply for a Reader's Card can be found on Bodleian Library, University of Oxford website.
For consultation of Japanese rare material, appointment is required.
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History of the collections

The first known accession of Japanese book was three titles of Saga-bon, presented by Robert Viney in 1629. This was followed by Kirishitan-ban and Shuinjo, which also came during the 17th century.

A few sporadic acquisitions were made from the libraries of Orientalists and others, including Alexander Wylie, F. Max Müller, S.C. Malan, and Sir Ernest Satow since the end of the 19th century.

Manuscripts in Japanese, including Nara-ehon, were added to the stock by donation or purchase during this period when rare books were not too expensive to buy in Japan.
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Select bibliography of publications about the collections (books, articles)

*Tytler, I.K.‘Japan’ The Bodleian Library: a Subject Guide to the Collections, ed. by G Walker, M Clapinson, and L Forbes. The Bodleian Library, Oxford, 2004, pp.145-147
*Tytler, I.K. East meets West: original records of Western traders, travellers, missionaries and diplomats to 1852: Part 1: The Log Book of William Adams (1564-1620) and other manuscript and rare printed Materials from the Bodleian Library, Oxford’ A listing and guides to Part 1 of the microfilm collection. Adam Matthew Publications, 1998.
*Tytler, I.K. (with D Massarella) ‘The Japonian charters: the English and Dutch shuinjo’. Monumenta Nipponica, 45, 1990, pp.190-205.
*Tytler, I.K.‘The Japanese collections in the Bodleian Library’. Japanese studies: papers presented at a colloquium at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 14-16 September 1988. British Library Occasional Papers, 11,1990, pp.113-122.
*Tytler, I.K. オクスフォード大学ボドリアン図書館附属日本研究図書館所蔵の奈良絵本・絵巻コレクション 奈良絵本・絵巻国際会議ダブリン大会資料集 2008年3月22・23日 チェスタービーティーライブラリー pp.27-32.

*Nanjio, B. A catalogue of Japanese and Chinese books and manuscripts lately added to the Bodleian Library. Oxford, 1881.
*Japan encountered: from the 16th to the 19th century: an exhibition of books and manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (an exhibition catalogue). The Bodleian Library, 1991.

*氣多恵子「オックスフォード大学図書館蔵モーズリー・コレクション」日本文学第50巻9号 (2000,9) pp.29−39
*氣多恵子 影印・翻刻オックスフォード大学ボドリアン図書館附属日本研究図書館蔵 「まつの拍子」「みつのなかれ」 武蔵野女子大学 能楽資料センター紀要 No.12 2000、pp.65-124
*氣多恵子「オックスフォード大学ボドリアン図書館蔵マラン文庫和書目録<往来・教訓・諸芸・漢籍漢学・その他>」 お茶の水大学 大学院人間文化研究科 人間文化研究年報 第23号 (1999年度)2000年3月発行 pp.1−9
*氣多恵子「オックスフォード大学ボドリアン図書館蔵マラン文庫和書目録<文学・辞書篇>」 お茶の水女子大学大学院 人間文化研究科 人間研究年報題22号(1998年度)1999年3月発行 pp.9−16
*氣多恵子「オックスフォード大学ボドリアン図書館附属日本研究図書館蔵「三十六歌仙絵二種貼交」 十文字学園女子短期大学国語国文学会 十文字国文 第8号 (平成14年3月) pp.31-74.
*徳田和夫 「ひな鶴」 御伽草子事典 徳田和夫編 東京堂出版 2002、pp.412-413
*勝俣隆 「オックスフォード大学ボドリアン図書館附属日本研究図書館所蔵「酒呑童子」 について - その絵から判読できること - 」 長崎大学教育学部紀要 人文学部 第62号(平成13年3月) pp.1−16.
*勝俣隆 「オックスフォード大学ボドリアン図書館附属日本研究図書館所蔵「ひなつる」の翻刻・注釈並びに解題」長崎大学教育学部紀要 人文科学 第61号(平成12年6月) pp.1−15.
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Is reproduction of the material permitted ?

Photographic prints, paper prints from microfilm and digital files can be provided by the Imaging Services Department.
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