One Hundred Years of the Morrison Collection at the Tōyō Bunko
Channel: ANU TV
Date: 2018-10-30

In October 1917, the collection of the Asiatic Library in Beijing, founded by G. E. Morrison, arrived in Tokyo. In the collection, there were books, manuscripts, various pamphlets, and other materials covering the whole of Asia, with China as its main focus. In total, there were more than 20,000 volumes.

Currently, the Tōyō Bunko holds more than one million books and other materials on Asia, with around 250 research fellows. The whole collection is open to the public.

This lecture will introduce the Morrison collection in the Tōyō Bunko using examples from its research projects, exhibitions, and digitization program to further understanding of G. E. Morrison and his family's history.