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A collection of palm-size printed chanting lyrics booklets, utaibon (謡本), of the Hosho school (宝生流) of Noh, a form of traditional Japanese theatre.

The booklets, in thread binding with yellow paper covers, are divided into two sets, including 10 booklets for uchi-hyakuban (内百番), referring to the common chants, and 11 booklets for soto-hyakuban (外百拾番), referring to the uncommon ones. A title label pasted onto the cover of each booklet indicates the chants included in it. There are lyrics for 220 chants in total. Each booklet measures 8.8 cm (w) x 12 cm (h).

These are housed in a wooden box with two compartments. Handwritten RAS label on the lid reads: ‘Japanese Print. 2 collections of Po[sins]. Taka Sago and Ho Show Kawa’ and on the underside of the lid is a printed list of all chants included in the booklets. The wooden box is probably made specifically to house the booklets after they came into the possession of the Library as the divider in the box is annotated ‘division’.

Copies of various unidentified Japanese articles on Mohism with Graham's annotations.

Correspondence and attendance forms for the Japan day held on 27 September 1973.

James Forlong bequeathed money to the Royal Asiatic Society to come to the Society upon the death of his wife. The money was to be used towards the establishment of an 'Imperial Oriental College or School' and in particular for the promotion of lectures. This fund was to be administered by the Royal Asiatic Society. With the opening of the School of Oriental Studies, London, it was necessary to negotiate with the School about the use of the Fund. These papers consist of administrative documents and correspondence concerned with both the inauguration of the Forlong Fund and its continuing application for lectures and scholarships. The administrative documents and correspondence concerning the publications undertaken can be found in the Society's publication records.

The Society's collections hold two Jambudvipa - RAS Cat.065.001 and RAS Cat.069.001. The information about these is:

• 'Royal Asiatic Society, Number 065.001, Jambudvipa, a Jain map of the universe, c.1830' - an article by Dr Nalini Balbir concerning this item. Also with this is another article by Balbir, 'Jain Yantra kept at the Royal Asiatic Society', dated January 2012.
• 'Science Museum: 5000 years of Science and Innovation - Illuminating India' - advertising brochure for the exhibition in which the Society's Jambudvipa is featured, 2017-2018.
• 'The Silk Road to Silicon Valley - 5000 years of Indian innovation' - copy of an article from The Times, 3 October 2017 concerning the Science Museum exhibition in which the Jambudvipa was shown.

Proofs from J.J. Modi's Jāmāspī in Pahlavi. Persian and Pazand texts. Unbound material stamped with "Rough Proof from B.E.S. Press" 18 February and 24 February 1902. The texts were published in 1897 and 1903.

"A brief descripton of the Jaipur-related documents deposited with the Royal Asiatic Society by Dr Michael Willis.The list was compiled by Rima Hooja, dated 16 June 2003.

Ivor Montagu's "Mongolia joins the Modern World". A column about modern Mongolia from The Times, 26 July 1961.

It's Called the Blues by Herbert Krohn, printed in Evergreen, March 1968. Photocopy with notes from Krohn to Angus Graham.

Itinerary for Professor B. Shirendev's visit to Britain, sponsored by the University of Leeds and The British Council from 12-25 May 1970.