A collection o books in European languages, particularly in Dutch, concerning Indonesia.
・Catalogue of Tanaka Norio Collection owned by the Institute of Oriental Culture (C1:177:1)
・OPAC
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Documents Regarding Xibei
A comprehensive collection of basic documents concerning the history, landscape, folklore and literature of the Xibei region (Shanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, and Xinjiang)
The Qing Archive in the First Historical Archives Library (China)
Microfilms of the First Historical Archives Library purchased in 1997, including the Qing Official Records, which consist of more than ten million items.
It was possessed by the Academy of Oriental Culture, which had been founded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1929 for studying Oriental culture. Main part of its Chinese classics is composed of the Donghai Cangshulou Collection that Xu Zexun possessed.
A collection of manuscripts on microfiches in the Mingana Collection, in the Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and in the Jewish and National University Library of Jerusalem.
Materials Concerning the Social History of Clans in East Asia
An important collection of documents for comparative studies of the social history of clans in the East Asian region, including Korean genealogies (494 volumes) and historical documents for clans in Hua-nan and documents about overseas Chinese and mainland Chinese (2,263 volulmes). A rich source of information about geneaology, society and the history of the Chinese people.
367 Arabic manuscripts concerning Islamic religion, idea, history.
・Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Daiber Collection, Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo(RB9:M7:1)
・OPAC (Reprint. AR0:14)
・Daiber Collection Database
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The Daiber Collection II
Hans Daiber
120 Arabic manuscripts from 12 century to the early 20 century.
・Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Daiber Collection II, Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo(RB9:M7:2)
・OPAC (Reprint. AR0:15)
・Daiber Collection Database
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Indonesian Monographs
Publications concerning social science in Indonesia after the independence, collected by the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology. It is indispensable for studying modern Indonesian history.
A collection of the oldest Ottoman printed books, seventeen works published by Ibrahim Müteferrika using movable type in his workshop set up in Istanbul in 1727.