Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives
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Yamaguchi Prefectural Library | |
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34°10′54″N 131°28′35″E / 34.181540°N 131.476307°E | |
Location | 150-1 Ushirogawara, Yamaguchi |
Established | April 1959 |
Collection size | 530,000[1] |
Building information | |
Building | Yamaguchi Prefectural Library |
Website | Official website (ja) |
Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives (
History
[edit]In Shōwa 27 (1952), the Mōri family, former daimyō of Chōshū Domain, deposited its domainal documents with Yamaguchi Prefecture, whereupon they were stored, alongside materials gathered by the pre-war Prefectural History Compilation Office, at Yamaguchi Prefectural Library (ja).[5] These items were transferred in with the opening of Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives in 1959; donations and deposits - including materials from the Tokuyama Domain Mōri family - have continued since.[5]
Holdings
[edit]The archives holds approximately 530,000 documents, roughly divided into five groups:[1]
- Domain documents, including:
- Mōri Family Library (
毛利 家 文庫 ) - Tokuyama Mōri Family Library (
徳山 毛利 家 文庫 ) - Prefectural Government's Old Clan Records (
県庁 伝来 旧藩 記録 )
- Mōri Family Library (
- Administrative documents, from the Meiji era onwards
- Administrative materials, from the Meiji era onwards
- Publications, photographs, films, audio recordings, etc.
- Family documents, including:
- Corporation, foundation, and family documents, including those of Edo period samurai houses
- Special library
- Textbooks, newspapers, etc.
Cultural Properties
[edit]The holdings include seven Important Cultural Properties, two Prefectural Cultural Properties, and three Municipal Tangible Cultural Properties.[6]
Important Cultural Properties
[edit]- Arimitsu Family Documents (
有光 家 文書 ・長門 国 正吉 郷 入江 塩浜 絵図 ): 121 items, dating from the Kamakura period to the Edo period, together with a map of the Nagato Province Masayoshi Irie Salt Fields[7][8] - Kumagaya Family Documents (
熊谷 家 文書 (二 百 五 十 五 通 )): 255 documents mounted as 13 scrolls, dating from the Kamakura period to the Edo period[9] - Takasu Family Documents (
高洲 家 文書 ・日明 貿易 船 旗 ): 117 items, dating from 1351–1643, together with a Japan-Ming trade ship flag of Wanli 12 (1584)[10][11] - Ōuchi Edition Lotus Sūtra Woodblocks (
大内 版 法華経 板木 ): 59 woodblocks of the Muromachi period[12] - Noshima Murakami Family Documents (
能島 村 上家 文書 ・過 所 船 旗 ): 199 items from the sixteenth century, together with a flag pass of Tenshō 9 (1581)[13] - Administrative Documents of Yamaguchi Prefecture (
山口 県 行政 文書 ): 13,549 items, dating from the Edo period to the Shōwa era[14] - Former Yamaguchi Prefectural Office and Prefectural Assembly Hall, together with construction records and plans (
山口 県 旧 県 庁舎 及 び県 会 議事堂 附 工事 関係 記録 6冊 設計 図 5): 6 construction records and 5 plans, from the Taishō era[6]
Prefectural Cultural Properties
[edit]- Materials relating to Yoshida Shōin (transmitted by the Yoshida family) (
吉田 松陰 関係 資料 (吉田 家 伝来 )): 754 items, including a portrait inscribed by Yoshida in the fifth month of Ansei 6 (1859), and his zeppitsu or final writing (Tangible Cultural Property)[15] - Oda Family Household Items, Merchant House Materials, and Townhouse (
小田 家 の生活 用具 ・商家 資料 ・町家 ): 1,011 documents (Tangible Folk Cultural Property)[16]
From the archives
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Battle of Geishū Itsukushima (1555)
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Japan-Ming trade ship flag (1584) (ICP)
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Heishin-maru (
丙 辰丸 ) -
Zeppitsu or "last writing" of Yoshida Shōin
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Meeting of Vice-Admiral George King, Mōri Takachika, and Mōri Motonori in 1867
See also
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- List of archives in Japan
- Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum
- List of Historic Sites of Japan (Yamaguchi)
- Cultural Property (Japan)
References
[edit]- ^ a b
所蔵 文書 概要 [Overview of the Documents Held] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives. Retrieved 23 August 2020. - ^ "Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives". Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ Ogawa Chiyoko (1991). "Archives in Japan: The State of the Art". American Archivist. 54. Society of American Archivists: 548.
- ^ Koga, Takashi (2007). "Overview of Archives and Archival Issues in Japan". p. 3.
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山口 県 文書 館 の歴史 [History of Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives. Retrieved 23 August 2020. - ^ a b
当館 蔵 の指定 文化財 [Cultural Properties at the Archives] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives. Retrieved 23 August 2020. - ^
有光 家 文書 [Arimitsu Family Documents] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 23 August 2020. - ^
長門 国 正吉 郷 入江 塩浜 絵図 [Nagato Province Masayoshi Irie Salt Fields] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 23 August 2020. - ^
熊谷 家 文書 (二 百 五 十 五 通 ) [Kumagaya Family Documents] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 23 August 2020. - ^
高洲 家 文書 [Takasu Family Documents] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 23 August 2020. - ^
日明 貿易 船 旗 〈万 暦 十 二 年 十 月 吉日 /(麻布 )〉 [Japan-Ming Trade Ship Flag] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 23 August 2020. - ^
大内 版 法華経 板木 [Ōuchi Edition Lotus Sūtra Woodblocks] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 23 August 2020. - ^
過 所 船 旗 〈天正 九 年 四 月 廿 八 日 /〉能島 村 上家 文書 [Noshima Murakami Family Documents & Flag Pass] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 23 August 2020. - ^
山口 県 行政 文書 [Administrative Documents of Yamaguchi Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 23 August 2020. - ^
吉田 松陰 関係 資料 (吉田 家 伝来 ) [Materials relating to Yoshida Shōin (transmitted by the Yoshida family)] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 23 August 2020. - ^
小田 家 の生活 用具 ・商家 資料 ・町家 [Oda Family Household Items, Merchant House Materials, and Townhouse] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
External links
[edit]- (in Japanese) Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives
- (in English) Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives