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- 1939 (Creation)
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1 scroll
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The Toyo Bunko, or The Oriental Library, is Japan's oldest research library dedicated to Asian studies. It was established in 1924 by Hisaya Iwasaki, the third president of the Mitsubishi.
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A printed facsimile of Book Six of the Chinese classical book Book of Documents (Shujing) in the format of a scroll, with added typographical marks in red. This version of the text was originally copied and annotated by Nakahara Yasutaka in 1330, and this facsimile was published by Toyo Bunko in 1939. This scroll is number 255 of a limited edition of 300 copies, and is accompanied by a thread-bound booklet containing explanatory text of the reproduction and the book.
The cardboard case in which the scroll was originally stored contains a printed title label and is inscribed ‘No 660 Shu Ching (BK 6. Facsimile reproduction)’. This refers to number 660 in Shelly Wang’s catalogue of Chinese materials in the Society’s guard books. The case has disintegrated into two pieces.
The scroll measures 930cm (w) x 25cm (h).
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Open. Please contact the Archivist.
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- Japanese
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Another copy of the printed scroll is held in the Harvard Yenching Library (990080739850203941).
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This item was catalogued by James Liu, RAS Archivist, in March 2026.