This webpage introduces the Gakken Bunko (Gakken Collection), which is held by the Rare Books and Old Materials Room of the Tokyo Main Library.

1. Overview

The Gakken Bunko, held by the National Diet Library, is a group of about 7,900 items from the collection assembled by Keizo Dohi (1866–1931; pen name Gakken), a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University Medical College. It consists mainly of collections of kanshibun (classical Chinese poetry and writings) by Japanese authors dating from the Edo period through the early Meiji era. Most of the materials were purchased by the National Diet Library in 1950 (Showa 25). The call numbers for most items in this collection begin with “詩文” (Shibun).

Parts of Keizo Dohi’s former collection are also held not only by the National Diet Library but by other institutions, including the General Library, the University of Tokyo (mainly Japanese and Chinese medical works), the Tokyo Medical and Dental University (now the Institute of Science Tokyo) Library (mainly German-language medical works), and the University of California, Berkeley.

2. How to search

• On the NDL Search top page, click “Refiners” to open the simple search dialog, and search by entering “詩文*” (prefix search) in the Call number field and selecting “Tokyo Main Library > Rare Books and Old Materials Room” in the Location field. If you do not see the search fields you need, you can add them by customizing the search fields.
  Search results
• With some exceptions, the note field of the bibliographic records contains the phrase “鶚軒文庫” (Gakken Bunko), which you can also use as a keyword for searching.

3. How to use

• Digitized materials can be used via the NDL Digital Collections.
• For information on how to use other materials, please refer to the webpage for the Rare Books and Old Materials Room of the Tokyo Main Library.

4. References

• Japanese Ex-libris Stamps - DOHI Gakken

• Gakken Bunko zousho mokuroku: Wakan-sho bunrui no bu (Gakken Bunko catalogue: section for Japanese and Chinese books classified by subject) (manuscript in the hand of Keizo Dohi [1929], NDL Call No. 029.9-D59g) (NDL Digital Collections)
  A complete catalogue of the Japanese and Chinese books in the Gakken Bunko.

• Gakken Bunko zousho mokuroku (Gakken Bunko catalogue) Yumani Shobo, 2008.10, NDL Call No. UP171-J16 (vol. 1), NDL Call No. UP171-J17 (vol. 2)
  Reprint edition of the above catalogue.

• Gakken Bunko Nihon shibunsho mokuroku (Catalogue of Japanese poetry and prose in the Gakken Bunko) ([Keizo Dohi], 1913, NDL Call No. 919.031-D59g) (NDL Digital Collections)

• “Gakken Bunko Collection” (The University of Tokyo Library)
  The webpage introducing the Gakken Bunko, a collection of Japanese and Chinese medical books held by the General Library of the University of Tokyo.
  Digitized materials can be viewed via the “Gakken Bunko Collection.” (General Library, The University of Tokyo)