Research of Japanese Archives in the United Kingdom

(1)本项目的目的本项目旨在对日本流失海外的档案的位置和保存进行研究，并将收集到的信息存入我们的“档案馆和馆藏位置数据库”，以供研究人员使用，同时努力为原始资料的保存和管理做出贡献。(2)研究结果本研究对22个档案单位进行了实地调查，并向其他单位发放了调查问卷，以了解相关信息。主要研究结果如下：1.所检索的资料大部分只保存在几个机构中，其核心是近代留日外交官和学者的私人收藏; 2.我们确认了二战期间日本驻伦敦和柏林大使馆的外交档案的存在; 3.似乎没有进行全面的调查关于日本在英国的外交和商业档案，迄今为止已经进行了。4.许多被调查的机构将日本的收藏品作为一个整体保存，即包括书籍或图纸，在档案分析的基础上编制详细的清单仍然是一个问题。5.有些情况下，材料受到严重破坏或受到不适当的保护处理，我们对此提出了适当的建议。(3)未来展望：一、为使研究成果广为宣传，我们已整理出一份报告，并将广泛散发。二、所收集的资料将于适当时候加入我们的资料库，供公众使用。三、我们未来可能对相关机构的贡献，将是与他们合作：a）整理与描述; B）保护。

(1) Purpose of the projectOur project is intended to do research into the location and preservation of Japanese archives flown out ant kept overseas, and put the collected information in our "Archives and Manuscripts Location Data Base" to make it accessible to researchers, while trying to contribute to the preservation and management of the original materials.(2) Result of the researchOn-site surveys for 22 archival institutions was conducted, as well as asking for related information by sending questionnaires to many other institutions. The result is summarized as below.1.Most of the materials searched for are kept in several institutions only.The core of the materials are private collections created by diplomats and scholars who stayd in Japan in early modern period.2.We confirmed the existence of Japanese diplomatic records originally belonged to Japanese embassies in London and Berlin and were seized during the Second World War.3.It seems that no thorough survey concerning Japanese diplomatic and business archives in the United Kingdom has been conducted so far. Such archives which are still unknown and unused might exist.4.Many of the institutions surveyed keep their Japanese collections as a whole in one custodial system, ie including books or drawings, Compiling detailed lists based on archival analyzes still remains problems to them.5.There are some cases that materials suffer serious damage or are given improper conservation treatment, for which we have given advices where appropreate.(3) Future prospect1.In order to publicize the fruit of the research, we have compiled a report to be distributed widely.2.The collected data will be added to our data base for public use in due course.3.Our possible contribution to the institutions conerned in the future will be to cooperate with them in, a) arrangement and description and, b) conservation.