Eiryo Ashihara Collection
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by Music and Audio-Visual Materials Room
This is a collection of ballet, chanson, drama, and circus materials compiled by Eiryo Ashihara (1907-1981), a known scholar and critic of ballet and music. Beginning with approximately 5,400 Western books, 5,200 musical scores, and 9,300 records, it is composed of a variety of materials including all sorts of performance programs and posters, colored woodblock prints, and personally handwritten notes.
Numbers written in 【 】 are our library call number.
1. How to Search
Click the checkbox "Ashihara Collection" on the NDL Search Advanced search screen.
*It is not possible to request materials from NDL Search.
The colored woodblock prints can also be searched and viewed in the National Diet Library Digital Collections (Rare Books and Old Materials).With respect to this sentence, some of them are publicly available on the Internet.
In addition, the following catalogs are open-access in the Tokyo Main Library Music and Audio-Visual Materials Room.
"Eiryo Ashihara korekushon mokuroku" (National Diet Library 1982-2002 【KD1-47】)
*Numbers inside the brackets 【 】 indicate our library call number for the item.
Volume 1 Collected Western Books
- Part 1 Dance
- Part 2 Chansons, Plays, and Circuses
Volume 2 Collected Scores
Volume 3 Collected Records
- Part 1 Chansons (A-F)
- Part 2 Chansons (G-O)
- Part 3 Chansons (P-Z) / Earlier popular songs / SP records
- Part 4 Index / List of titles translated into Japanese
The titles (both in the original language and in Japanese translation) are collected in Index.
Volume 4 Collected records / Instrumental music / Other (Excluding Chansons)
2. How to Use
After confirming the call number, please fill out the material request form available in the Tokyo Main Library Music and Audio-Visual Materials Room and submit it at the counter. Permission is required to view some of materials in the collection, such as records and performance programs, etc.
These items may not be lent out by the library.
3. Related Information
'The Ashihara Korekushon' ("Kokuritsu kokkai toshokan hyakka" (Shuppan nyususha 1989 p.385 【UL214-E6】))
Miyuki Tsuda, 'Tokan no zosho kara (16) Ashihara Eiryo korekushon' ("Kokuritsu kokkai toshokan geppo" (National Diet Library monthly bulletin) (497) 2002.8 p.28 【Z21-146】) (National Diet Library Digital Collections: In-library use only)
Yuki Kanai, 'Nijinsukii no dansu dessan bare Rryusu no butai irasutoshu' ("Kokuritsu kokkai toshokan geppo" (National Diet Library monthly bulletin) (579) 2009.6 pp.2-3 【Z21-146】) (NDL Digital Collections)
Yukiko Henmi, 'Kongetsu no issatsu : Kokuritsu kokkai toshokan no zosho kara : Sekai daiichi charine daikyokuba mawari sugoroku : Ashihara Eiryo korekushon no sakasu kankei siryo kara' (Book of the month : from NDL collections : Materials on the circus from the Eiryo Ashihara Collection) ("Kokuritsu kokkai toshokan geppo" (National Diet Library monthly bulletin) (618) 2012.9 pp.2-3 【Z21-146】) (NDL Digital Collections)
'Youkoso, kokoro odoru hittotoki e: Ashihara Eiryo korekushon no sekai (1) bare' (Welcome to an exciting time : World of Eiryo Ashihara Ballet(1)) ("Kokuritsu kokkai toshokan geppo" (National Diet Library monthly bulletin) (634) 2014.1 pp.15-21 【Z21-146】) (NDL Digital Collections)
'Youkoso, kokoro odoru hittotoki e: Ashihara Eeiryo korekushon no sekai (2) shanson' (Welcome to an exciting time : World of Eiryo Ashihara Collection (2)) ("Kokuritsu kokkai toshokan geppo" (National Diet Library monthly bulletin) (635) 2014.2 pp.28-31 【Z21-146】) (NDL Digital Collections)
'Youkoso, kokoro odoru hittotoki e: Ashihara Eiryo korekushon no sekai (3) sakasu' (Welcome to an exciting time : World of Eiryo Ashihara Collection (3) The Circus) ("Kokuritsu kokkai toshokan geppo" (National Diet Library monthly bulletin) (636) 2014.3 pp.20-25 【Z21-146】) (NDL Digital Collections)