Nitobe collection

Overview

• Materials previously owned by Nitobe Inazo (1862-1933), former Professor of the Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo.
• The materials are foreign language books, mainly on colonial policies and international economics which he taught in this university (241 titles, 281 books).
• These were donated to support the reconstruction of the library after the Great Kanto Earthquake.

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Documents

1. SHITARA Mai ‘The Nitobe Collection : general description and its characteristics‘ “Annual Bulletin of Resources and Historical Collections Office (Shiryo-shitsu), the Library of Economics, The Univ. of Tokyo” 2, 2012.3

Related Collections

• Inazo Nitobe Library held by Tokyo Woman’s Christian University
• Inazo Nitobe Collection held by Hokkaido University Library

Contacts

• Resources and Historical Collections Office