Noguchi Setsuko
Princeton university. East Asian Library and the Gest Collection. Japanese Studies Librarian
Yamagiwa Collection : a case study of the history of Japanese collection development in the United States
The Yamagiwa collection, housed in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was collected by Joseph K. Yamagiwa (1906-1968) who was a scholar of Japanese literature and language at the University of Michigan. The collection consists of two groups: rare books and reference books focused on language. While its rare books were well-selected by scholars, the collection has never been adequately recognized. This presentation will include a history, an overview of the collection, and a few highlights of its items. I will also discuss Yamagiwa’s relationship with Yokoyama Shigeru, a scholar of Japanese literature, and Sakanishi Shiho, a librarian of the Library of Congress. Both individuals have assisted him in building the collection, and that exchange can be seen as part of the history of the development of Japanese collections in the US.
ヤマギワ・コレクション : 古典籍コレクションの構成と成り立ちについての一考察
イリノイ大学アーバナ・シャンペーン校所蔵のヤマギワ・コレクションは、ミシガン大学で教鞭をとっていた国文学者ジョゼフ・ヤマギワにより1930年代から60年代に亘って集められたもので、主に古典籍と言語学関係の参考図書で構成されています。特に古典籍の収書は、国文学者の料簡がうかがわれる選書がなされていますが、今まで特に研究されたことはなく、隠れたコレクションとなっています。この発表はコレクションの構成、成り立ち、更にヤマギワの収書に協力した、横山重、坂西志保との交流関係から、戦前、戦争直後の北米における日本の古典籍の収集の歴史の一端を考察するものです。