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

这项研究提供了一个全面的概述图书馆馆藏的皇室，特别关注的是东山收藏。该研究涉及馆藏形成的过程，收集和维护材料的方式，以及几个世纪以来馆藏变化的方式，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。这项研究还包括所有收藏的缩微胶片目录，按照图书馆保存的项目的收购编号进行安排。分析涵盖了多个时间段。对江户早期宫廷图书馆的目录进行了特别分析，这是了解1661年被大火烧毁之前图书馆馆藏的宝贵窗口。同时也关注了从18世纪下半叶到19世纪上半叶，以及明治维新之后的这段时期的藏品变化。在明治晚期和大正时期，史学研究所开始了对御用藏品的学术研究，本研究也探讨了学者们研究御用藏品的方法。最后，本研究试图对中世纪以来与皇室有关的藏品形成过程进行表征，并对其进行分类。

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.