The Toshio Egawa Private Archives

In September 2016, Mr Toshio Egawa donated his life-long private archive collection to ISEAS Library. This followed an earlier and generous donation of close to 1,000 publications in 2010.

The core of this new collection includes 508 reference books that he had consulted for his research; over 1,000 pieces of calligraphic works, historical letters and manuscripts, first-day covers, photographs, and paintings and other historical materials related to Imperial Family members and other prominent figures in Japan predominantly Meiji-Taisho period; and some 500 research notes in manuscript form, ranging a wide spectrum of subjects including history, philosophy, economics, and arts.  This catalog serves as a gateway to studying many aspects of Japanese history and culture, from the eyes of Toshio Egawa. The materials are in Japanese and English. It covers the period between 1694-2017.

Mr Egawa’s private archives can be seen to comprise two parts:

• The main collection consists of historical materials collected by Mr Egawa.
• The second part consists of Mr Egawa’s private papers, which include his correspondences, notes, speeches, articles, etc.

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