Japanese studies

Specialists

Dr Regan Murphy Kao

Director, East Asia Library

Head of East Asia Library Special Collections

Curator for Japanese Collections

reganmk@stanford.edu

Japanese studies

East Asian studies

Libraries

East Asia Library

Today:

(650) 725-3435

eastasialibrary@stanford.edu

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Hours & access

Blogs

East Asia Library hosts exhibition on "Japanese Functional Objects" | April 19, 2022

East Asia Library hosts "Religion in Manga and Anime" poster exhibition | March 2, 2022

East Asia Library Fall Quarter 2021 update | September 20, 2021

Update to East Asia Library access policies for Summer 2021 | June 25, 2021

Appointments no longer required to access East Asia Library after 11/23 | November 20, 2020

Notable collections

Issei Oral History Project in Watsonville Collection

The Issei Oral History Project in Watsonville consists of interviews conducted by Kazuko Nakane from 1978 to 1983 with fifteen Japanese-American residents in Watsonville, California.
Japanese DVD and Blu-ray Collection

Starting in 2014, the Japanese collection at Stanford started acquiring noteworthy movies. Currently this collection boasts over twenty recent Japanese documentaries and award-winning films.
Stanford collection of juvenile literature published in Japan

The East Asia Library has a robust collection of nearly 400 award-winning Japanese-language books for children.
Stanford manga collection

Stanford has a robust manga collection boasting more than 330 titles. To review the titles, search for "Stanford manga collection."
Japanese Juvenile Literature related to the 3/11 Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Accident

There have been many publications related to the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident, but among the most poignant are the efforts of authors to explain this incident to children. Stanford is currently building a collection of these materials.
Japanese textbook (kyokasho) collection

Stanford has over 400 Japanese textbooks from the early twentieth century (and some more recent ones also).
Stanford's collection of Japanese woodblock print books

The East Asia Library has a collection of nearly 550 Japanese woodblock print (hanpon) books printed during the 18th and 19th century.
Newspapers published during the Allied Occupation of Japan, 1945-1952

A hidden jewel of the Japanese collection is the vast assortment of newspapers held at
Japanese rare materials related to travel

A large collection of prints from the 17th through the mid-20th century, including souvenir images of temple-shrine complexes and other destinations, illustrating cultural changes as well as improvements in printing technology.
Rare Japanese materials from the 1940s and 1950s

Over 2000 titles published during in the 1940s and 1950s, held by few (if any) other libraries in the world. Important primary sources for scholars of the 20th century, the titles cover topics such as colonial territories, nuclear radiation, communism, labor, industrial mobilization, agriculture.
Kawaraban: Early Modern News Sheets from Japan

Kawaraban "tile-block printing" broadsheets reported on natural disasters, gossip, important events and festivals throughout the Edo period (1600-1868).

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