University of Tokyo
Library System［ 2022/2023 ］

Cover illustration : Matsu no Sakae (held in General Library)“Matsu no Sakae”(1889) – woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada the 3 rd (1848-1920).
The Red Gate (Akamon in Japanese) visible on the print is one of the University of Tokyoʼs famous symbols.
It was built by Lord Maeda Nariyasu of Kaga (currently in Ishikawa Pref.) in 1827, to celebrate his marriage toPrincess Yo, a daughter of Shogun Tokugawa Ienari. The scene, printed from three large woodblocks, depicts
Princess Yoʼs procession on its way to the Red Gate. Utagawa Kunisada the 3 rd was the disciple of Utagawa
Kunisada (1786-1864), one of the great ukiyo-e masters of the late Edo period.

Some Pictures of University of Tokyo
Library System─ from the past to the present ─

Old Library

General Library（completed in 1928）

General Library (around 2010)

General Library (current)

Medical Library

Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia Library

University of Tokyo
Library SystemWebsite

For the latest information,please refer to our website.
https://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en1

About University of Tokyo Library System
The University of Tokyo Library System is composed of the General Library, the Komaba Library(combines the functions of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Library), the Kashiwa Library, and 27 libraries attached to departments or related research institutions. Despite the distances separating the three main campuses of Hongo, Komaba and Kashiwa, and several otheroff-campus facilities, the libraries of the University of Tokyo provide a large variety of services
within a single, integrated system.
Their holdings total 9.8 million volumes – expanding at a rate of approximately hundred thousand
volumes per year in recent years – and 170 thousand periodical titles.

Organization Chart
University
Library Council

President

University
Librarian

General Library

Komaba Library

Kashiwa Library
Asian ResearchLibrary
Research Advancement Section
for the Asian Research Library
Uehiro Project
for the Asian Research Library

Faculty and Instisute Libraries
Information Technology Group,
Information Systems Department2

Main Libraries
General Library ─ Hongo Campus ─https://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/library/general

Total number of volumes: 1,355,027
Number of periodical titles: 21,890
Materials expenditures: 1,559,038,000 JPY (FY2021)
Shelving capacity: 3,724,000 volumes
Floor area: 24,066 ㎡
Number of visitors: 377,648 entries (FY 2021)
Number of loan books: 172,033 (FY 2021)

Komaba Library ─ Komaba Campus ─https://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/library/komaba

Total number of volumes: 699,977
Number of periodical titles: 5,920
Materials expenditures: 28,187,000 JPY (FY2021)
Shelving capacity: 860,000 volumes
Floor area: 9,819 ㎡(Including the Storage Stack Room)
Number of visitors: 207,018 (FY 2021)
Number of loan books: 146,863 (FY 2021)

Kashiwa Library ─ Kashiwa Campus ─https://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/library/kashiwa

Total number of volumes: 473,461
Number of periodical titles: 24,865
Materials expenditures: 12,900,748 JPY (FY 2021)
Shelving capacity: 1,102,000 volumes
Floor area: 5,666 ㎡
Number of visitors: 16,895 (FY 2021)
Number of loan books: 18,942 (FY 2021)

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Faculty and Institute Libraries
Hongo Campus⃝Graduate Schools for Law and Politics / Faculty of Law Library⃝Graduate Schools for Law and Politics / Faculty of Law Center for Modern Japanese Legal andPolitical Documents (Meiji Shinbun Zasshi Bunko)⃝Medical Library⃝Libraries for Engineering and Information Science & Technology
・Engineering Bldg. 1 Library A (Civil Engineering)・Engineering Bldg. 1 Library B (Architecture)・Engineering Bldg. 2 Library (Mechanical Engineering, Precision Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Innovation)
・Engineering Bldg. 3 Library (Systems Innovation, Nuclear Engineering and Management, Technology Management for Innovation, Nuclear Professional School, Applied Chemistry, Chemical System Engineering, Chemistry and Biotechnology)
・Engineering Bldg. 4 Library (Materials Engineering)・Engineering Bldg. 5 Library (Applied Chemistry, Chemical System Engineering, Chemistry andBiotechnology, Bioengineering)・Engineering Bldg. 6 Library (Applied Physics, Mathematical Engineering and Information
Physics, Mathematical Informatics, Information Physics and Computing, Creative Informatics)
・Engineering Bldg. 7 Library (Aeronautics and Astronautics)
・Engineering Bldg. 14 Library (Urban Engineering)・Science Bldg. 7 Library (Computer Science)⃝Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology / Faculty of Letters Library⃝Science Library⃝University Library for Agricultural and Life Sciences⃝The Library of Economics⃝Graduate School of Education / Faculty of Education Library⃝Pharmaceutical Sciences Library

University Library for Agricultural and Life Sciences4⃝Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies,
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary InformationStudies Library⃝Multi-media & Socio-information Studies Archive⃝Earthquake Research Institute Library⃝Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia Library⃝Institute of Social Science Library⃝Historiographical Institute Library⃝University Museum Library

Institute of Social Science Library

Komaba Campus⃝Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Library⃝Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, ScienceLibrary⃝Center for Pacific and American Studies Library,
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences⃝Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences Library⃝Institute of Industrial Science Library⃝Research Center for Advanced Science andTechnology Library

Research Center for Advanced Science andTechnology Library(Photo by KOJI UDO)

Kashiwa Campus⃝Institute for Cosmic Ray Research Library⃝The Institute for Solid State Physics Library⃝Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute Library

The Institute for Solid State Physics Library

Shirokanedai Campus⃝Institute of Medical Science Library

Library hours and procedures vary fromlibrary to library. Before using a library,please check the each website.

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https://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/library/contents/guide5Topics■ Measures to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 ■In accordance with the “ The University of Tokyo Activity
Restrictions Index for Preventing the Spread of Coronavirus Disease” and the policies of each department, the University of Tokyo Library System is seeking ways to provide
services that adopts the new styles of education and research.
Following the declaration of a state of emergency in April

2020 and the resulting increase in the University’s activity
restriction guideline level, all libraries at the University ofTokyo were closed. During this period, we made every effort to ensure that the services are provided by expanding and newly providing electronic resources
and mailing services for materials and photocopies.

In addition, in order to provide safe environment, the acrylic panels have been installed at the counters, and the facility is thoroughly ventilated and cleaned regularly . In the library, we ask for users’
cooperation in wearing masks, sanitizing the hands at the entrance, and using the desks with extra
space between them.

■ he Replacement of the Library Web System and the Renewal ofT
the Portal Site for Academic Information Literacy. The library web system was renewed in August 2021.
With this renewal, it is possible to search electronic
resources from the OPAC. The layout was also optimized to fit the size of the screen, making it easier touse on smartphones and tablets.
In addition, the portal site for academic information
literacy, including database search, has been rede-■

signed and the new “Literacy” site has been launched.
The site provides information on searching for literature, using literature management tools, workshops,
and necessary process for preparing reports and papers. It also provides detailed information onaccessing the database from off-campus (EZproxy), which was also renewed.

■ Asian Research Library OPEN ■The Research Advancement Section for the Asian Research Library(RASARL) was established on April 1, 2021. With the aim of creating
an environment that supports the world’s best education and re-search in the field of Asian studies, RASARL is led by three full-time
faculty members who provide research support to Asian studies
researchers and manage the Asian Research Library, such asbuilding the library’s collection, with the aim of establishing andpromoting the Subject Librarian system.

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History
1877

Foundation of the University of Tokyo, composed of four faculties: Law, Science, Letters andMedicine.

1923

Most of the university library and its collection were destroyed by fire in the wake of the Great Kanto
Earthquake.
The League of Nations adopts a resolution supporting the recovery of the library collection.

1924

The Rockefeller Foundation donates 4 million yen to the reconstruction of the library.

1928

The building currently housing the General Library is completed.

1961

The University Librarian, Prof. Kishimoto Hideo presents a plan to reform the University of Tokyo’s
library system. The project is supported by an 84 million yen grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.
Work begins on the compilation of a union catalog of all university library holdings.

1962

The first issue of Toshokan no Mado, the University of Tokyo Library bulletin, is published.

1982

University Librarian, Prof. Urata Takeo presents a new plan to reform the General Library.

1986

Library computerized system is launched.
Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) service starts.

1987

Start of the first project to retrospectively convert catalog records of Western materials into digitalformat.

1992

The University of Tokyo joins NACSIS-ILL, an online Interlibrary Loan System set up by the National
Center for Science Information Systems.

1993

OPAC becomes accessible via the university’s computer network (UTnet) .

1995

Start of a 10-year retrospective conversion project of outstanding library holdings.
The University of Tokyo Library System homepage becomes available online.

1997

Work starts on the digitization of the Katei Collection (Edo period works of fiction) as part of theDigital Library Project.

1999

Establishment of the Information Technology Center, to which a portion of the University of Tokyo
Library System is attached.
OPAC becomes accessible via any ordinary Web browser.

2000

Electronic journal services launched on a trial basis.

2002

Inauguration of the Komaba Library.

2004

Establishment of the University of Tokyo Library System’s Basic Principles , underlining the system’smanagement as a unit.

2005

Inauguration of the Kashiwa library.
e-DDS service (Electronic Document Delivery System & Services) starts.

2006

UT Repository launched.

2007

UT Article Search and UT Article Link services introduced.

2008

Ceremony for the 80th anniversary of the reconstruction of the General Library was held.

2011

MyOPAC service launched.

2013

Start of the preparatory work for the new library construction.
“Documents Relating to history of the University of Tokyo” is designated as an important culturalproperty.

2014

Establishment of the Uehiro Project for the Asian Research Library (U-PARL).

2017Inauguration of the General Library Annex (Library Plaza) .

2020

Asian Research Library Open
General Library Grand Open2021

Establishment of Research Advancement Section for the Asian Research Library（RASARL）.

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Special Collections
namenumberof items

summary

General Library
Ogai Collection

ca. 18,800
volumes

Works of history and literature, biographies, Edo-period maps,
Western books collected by Japanese writer Mori Ogai (1862-1922).

Katei Collection

1,851

Edo-period novels and theater plays collected by Japanese writer
Watanabe Katei (1864-1926).

Shachiku, Chikurei andChiju Collections

6,577

Collections of Renga and Haikai poems collected by the haiku poets
Ohno Shachiku (1872-1913), Tsunoda Chikurei (1857-1919) and Okano
Chiju (1860-1932).

Seishu Collection

ca. 25,000Classic works of Chinese and Japanese literature collected over threegenerations by the Watanabe family, from Japan’s Koshu region(Yamanashi Pref.).

Nanki Collection

ca. 96,000

Owned by the Tokugawa family of Kishu (Wakayama Pref.), theNanki collection incorporates a number of private book collectionsof the Edo period.

Tanaka Yoshio Collection

ca. 6,000

Works on natural history (botany, zoology, agriculture and forestry)and exhibitions collected by Tanaka Yoshio (1838-1916).

ca. 20,000

Private journal and correspondence of Kano Kokichi (1865-1942),
principal of the Dai-ichi Koto-gakko.

Kitani Collection

157

Materials on joruri from the late Edo period to the Meiji periodcollected by joruri and drama specialist Kitani Hogin (1877-1950).

Dai Nihon Kaishi
Collection

820

Materials on navy and shipbuilding from the late Edo to the Meiji
period, collected by Department of the Navy in Japan.

ca. 40,000

Historical documents left by the 13th President of the University ofTokyo and Vice Admiral Yuzuru Hiraga (1878–1943).

Komaba Library
Kano Kokichi Collection

Kashiwa Library
Yuzuru Hiraga Collection

Graduate Schools for Law and Politics / Faculty of Law Library, Meiji Shinbun Zasshi BunkoYoshino Collection

8,716

Books and printings in Meiji era collected by Yoshino Sakuzo (18781933).

Gaikotsu Collection

ca.800Newspapers, magazines, picture postcards collected by Miyatake
Gaikotsu (1867-1955), initiator of the faculty’s Meiji Collection ofNewspapers and Journals.

Nanki Collection(General Library)

8Yuzuru Hiraga Collection(Kashiwa Library)

Adam Smith Collection(The Library of Economics)

numberof items

summary

Waldeyer Collection

ca. 2,000

Collection of German anatomist Wilhelm von Waldeyer-Hartz (18361921). Books and materials on anatomy, zoology and anthropology.

Kure Shuzo Collection

ca.190

Collection of psychiatrist, Prof. Kure Shuzo (1865-1932). Manuscripts
on history of medicine.

nameMedical Library

Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology / Faculty of Letters Library
Motoori Collection

3,534

Autograph manuscripts and other works by Motoori Norinaga (17301801), his descendants and disciples.

Ichikawa Collection

ca.1,200

19th and early 20th century English-language literature and materials
on linguistics collected by Professor Ichikawa Sanki (1886-1970).

The Library of Economics
Adam Smith Collection

319

Engel Collection

1,219

Private collection of British economist Adam Smith (1723-1790).
Private collection of German statistician and economist Ernst Engel(1821-1896).

Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies Library
Ono Hideo Collection

4,751

Materials related to the history of news media in Japan collected byProfessor Ono Hideo (1885-1977), founder of the University of Tokyo’s
Institute of Journalism and Communication Studies.

Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia Library
Ooki Collection

3,168

Materials on Chinese law collected in Beijing by lawyer Ooki Kan’ichi(1881-1958).

Daiber Collection

487

Manuscripts and materials on Islamic culture collected by Professor
Hans Daiber (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam).

10,500Documents on the state of Japan’s labor collected by Itoi Kinji (18951959), who headed the Tokyo Employment Office (Tokyo Shokugyo
Shokaijo).

Institute of Social Science Library
Itoi Collection
Records of theInternational Military
Tribunal for the Far East

454

Court documents and other records of the International Military
Tribunal for the Far East held in Tokyo between 1946 and 1948.

Historiographical Institute Library
Documents of theShimazu Family

ca.9,500

Historical documents from the 12th to 19th centuries transmitted
among generations of the Shimazu family of Satsuma (KagoshimaPref.). Designated as a national treasure.

Documents of the So
Familyca. 3,000

Historical documents from the archives of the Edo mansion of theTsushima clan (Nagasaki Pref.).

ca. 940

Historical documents related to a court noble Kozen Uramatsu (17361804) of late Edo period.

Documents of the Uramatsu
FamilyGaikotsu Collection（Meiji Shinbun Zasshi Bunko）
Rekidai Kikan Minamoto no
Yoritomo Kudashibumi fromDocuments of the Shimazu Family(Historiographical Institute Library)

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