A Study of the Imperial Court Library Holdings Focusing on the Higashiyama Collection

本研究对皇室的藏书进行了全面的概述，特别关注东山藏书。该研究涉及收集的形成过程，材料的收集和维护方式，以及几个世纪以来收集变化的方式，从而得出关于图书馆作为一个机构的历史发展的重要结论。这项研究还包括一个所有馆藏的缩微胶片目录，按照图书馆保存的项目的采购数量排列。分析涵盖多个时期的时间框架。特别分析了江户早期法院图书馆的目录，这是了解图书馆在1661年被大火烧毁之前的重要窗口。此外，还将关注从18世纪后半期到19世纪上半期以及明治维新后的这段时期内藏品的变化。在明治后期和大正时期，史学研究所开始了对皇室收藏的学术研究，本研究也探讨了学者们研究收藏的方法。最后，本研究试图描述收藏品的形成过程，并对中古以来与皇室有关的收藏品进行分类。

This research provides a comprehensive overview of the library holdings of the imperial family, with particular attention given to the Higashiyama Collection. The study deals with the processes of the collection's formation, the ways in which materials were collected and maintained, and the ways in which the collection changed over the centuries, leading to important conclusion about the historical development of the library as an institution. The study also includes a catalog on microfilm of all collection holdings, arranged in accordance with the acquisition number of the items preserved in the library.Analysis covers a multi-period timeframe. Special analysis is offered of the catalog of the early Edo period Court Library, a valuable window onto the holding of the library prior to its destruction by fire in 1661. Attention is also given to changes in the collection during the period from the latter half of the eighteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth century, and during the period immediately following the Meiji Restoration. During the late Meiji and Taisho periods, scholarly study of the imperial collection was begun by the Historiographical Institute, and this research also explores the ways in which scholars have studies the collection. Finally, this study attempts to characterize the formation process of collection holdings and categorize holdings that are association with the imperial family since medieval times.