Nishimura Library Explained

The was a collection of about 10,000 books that were destroyed in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake and following fires in Japan.[1] [2] [3] The books were the former possessions of Nishimura Shigeki before becoming part of the library of Tokyo University and were mainly about Chinese philosophy and history.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Polastron, Lucien X. . Books on Fire: The Destruction of Libraries Throughout History . 2007-08-13 . Inner Traditions/Bear . 2007 . 978-1-59477-167-5 . 167 . en.
  2. http://www.unesco.org/webworld/mdm/administ/pdf/LOSTMEMO.PDF LOST MEMORY - LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES DESTROYED IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
  3. Web site: ja:漢籍関係年表. http://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/tenjikai/tenjikai95/nenpyo.html. Chinese classics. Tokyo University General library. 5 September 2011. Japanese. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120329040824/http://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/tenjikai/tenjikai95/nenpyo.html. 29 March 2012.

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