Documents of Okita Saburo

The documents previously owned by Okita Saburo (1914-93), one of Japan's leading economists and the former Minister for Foreign Affairs (1979-1979), included items from his tenure as a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Digital Archive of Rare Books [Resources and Historical Collections Office]

The designation of a “Rare Book” is assigned to: collections previously owned by famous economists and their manuscripts, precious books without any other existing copies, and classical documents (generally defined as foreign language books published before 1800, and Japanese language books published before 1900) concerning social sciences. Our current Rare Book collection has approximately 3,400 items (as of April, 2024).

Tsuchiya Collection (Documents)　

名誉教授である土屋喬雄氏（1896-1988）の遺族から経済学部に寄贈された資料を公開するサイトで、目録の検索と画像の閲覧ができます。

Documents Previously Classified Under General Library Classifications [Resources and Historical Collections Office]

445 documents which were originally organized under the general library classification and stored in the closed stacks or the repository of the main library. They were moved to the previous Documents Room and were reorganized.

Other Historical Manuscripts Under the Former Classification [Resources and Historical Collections Office]

天保2年（1831）～嘉永6年（1853）の店名不詳の呉服帳太物帳・〆揚帳、幕末期の那波屋店の帳簿、江戸幕府勘定所に提出された奥州幕府領の置証文留、寛政4～5年（1792－93）の江戸下り塩仲買仲間の願書、明治期の製糸業者片倉組女工関係文書など（79点）。

Documents Regarding the Fishing Industry [Resources and Historical Collections Office]

This collection provides 65 items covering from 1747-1895, including; Fishing ground disputes across the country, Sweetfish (ayu) tax records (ayu unjo-cho), Fisheries petitions, etc.

Documents of Economic Stabilization Board

The digitized versions of the Economic Stabilization Board's documents relating to foreign exchange, foreign capital, foreign trade, economic plans, fiscal and monetary affairs, and prices.

Documents from Komagata-mura

351 Documents from the town hall of Komagata-mura, Yama-gun in Fukushima (currently Kitakata City, Fukushima) which was formed when Kubo-mura, Kanahashi-mura, Nakayazawa-mura, Gogo-mura and Tokoyo-mura merged in 1875. This library covers documents from 1876-1950.

Digital Archive of Semi-rare Books [Resources and Historical Collections Office]

Collections and Classical Documents which are as precious in quality as Rare Books are designated as “Semi-rare books”; there are approximately 5,700 items (as of April, 2024)

Records of Showa Denko K.K. local factories (Local Business and Industrial DB)

The database includes approximately 2,500 items the internal records of Showa Denko K.K. local factories : company regulations, records of labor management, accounting data, plans etc.

Documents of government policy decision in Japan

The documents relating to policy decisions of the government or local governments of Japan, such as records of various councils and commissions.

The Bank of Tokyo Collection

Books previously owned by the Research Department of the Bank of Tokyo, includes many books from the Research Department of its predecessor, Yokohama Specie Bank

Special Materials [Resources and Historical Collections Office]

Materials that are not designated as rare or semi-rare in the Economics Library, but are considered to be particularly important as academic resources or cultural assets

Database of Historical Coins and Historical Bills Collection

経済学部で所蔵する古貨幣約1万2,000枚と古札2万5,000枚のうち、一部をデジタル化し公開するサイトです。

Documents of Nakagawa Yukitsugu

The documents previously belonging to Nakagawa Yukitsugu (1920-2015), an economist in Japan, former Executive Director of the Bank of Japan and former president of Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., consist of materials from his tenure as a member of secretariatt of the Economic Recovery Programme Commission.

Documents Regarding Textile Merchants in Nishijin

This collection offers 89 items covering 1742-1898, mainly private bonds addressed to Wakuya Tobei from the early modern period and documents related to Yamada Ichijuro, a textile merchant who lived in Bandoyacho, Gojoagaru, Muromachi-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, from the Meiji period.

Materials of Japan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.

The database includes approximately 1,200 materials collected by the editor to compile 『日本製鐵株式會社史 : 1934-1950』 (Nippon seitetsu kabushikigaisha-shi).

Digital Archives as Alternative Sources for Deteriorated Materials

Among the general books owned by the Library of Economics, some materials have heavily deteriorated and difficult to make the originals available, have been digitally photographed in accordance with Article 31, Paragraph 2 of the Copyright Act.

Documents Regarding Labor Unions’ Regular Conventions

"Materials handed out at assemblies and central executive committee meetings of some labor unions in Japan, such as the National Center, council/united fronts and industry labor organizations (3,700 items as of April 2011). Some materials are from corporate labor unions and local labor unions. Materials continue to be acquired for this collection."

5-Z Classified Historical Manuscripts [Resources and Historical Collections Office]

"Among materials classified and stored as Classification 5 (economic history, economic situations, (Japan)) at The Library of Economics, these are documents and printed/handwritten copies (418 items) from the early modern/modern period were reclassified as Classification 5-Z (Historical Manuscripts). " The collection mainly consists of materials purchased from antique bookstores between the end of the Taisho era to early Showa era, and is believed to be collected by Faculty of Economics Professor Emeritus Tsuchiya Takao. Contents are diverse, but there are some that are in substantial groups, such as the Tokorono-mura in Tsugagun, Shimotsuke-no-kuni (currently Nikko City, Tochigi) Documents.