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Scope and Content Note
Separated Materials Note
Title: Japanese modern history manuscript collection
Date (inclusive): circa 1868-1989
Collection Number: 2004C32
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Japanese
Physical Description:
48 manuscript boxes, 5 oversize boxes, 10 oversize folders
(26.16 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Manuscripts, ephemeral printed matter, and maps, relating to various aspects of Japanese history, including Nagano prefecture
local government during the Meiji period; the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895; pre-World War II domestic affairs; the post-World
War II American occupation; the International Military Tribunal for the Far East; adoption of a constitution; political conditions;
elections; agriculture; communism; labor; public safety issues; Ryukyu issues; and the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty. Collected
by the Hoover Institution East Asia Library.
Creator:
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. East Asian Collection
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Tokyo Office between 1945 and 1952.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Japanese modern history manuscript collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution
Library & Archives.
Scope and Content Note
Manuscripts, ephemeral printed matter, and maps, relating to various aspects of Japanese history, including Nagano prefecture
local government during the Meiji period; the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895; pre-World War II domestic affairs; the post-World
War II American occupation; the International Military Tribunal for the Far East; adoption of a constitution; political conditions;
elections; agriculture; communism; labor; public safety issues; Ryukyu issues; and the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty. Collected
by the Hoover Institution East Asia Library.
Separated Materials Note
In the summer of 2018, the collection was reprocessed and materials related to Araki Sadao, Irie Toshio, Paul Goforth, Hamada
Tokkai (Norimi), Hiranuma Kiichiro, Shinoda Jisaku, and Yano Toyotaro (Toyojiro) were separated into separate archival collections
to help researchers find materials more efficiently. For the remainder of the materials, the original organization was maintained,
and more detailed description was added.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
War crime trials -- Japan
Japan -- Social conditions
Communism -- Japan
Labor movement -- Japan
Japan -- Foreign relations
Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952
Japan -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Agriculture -- Japan
Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895
Elections -- Japan
Japan -- History -- 20th century
Japan -- Economic conditions