List of archives in Japan
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This is a list of archives (文書館, monjokan) in Japan. According to the National Archives of Japan, "archives are one of the three key pillars of culture, together with libraries and museums".[2]
Background[]
Archive-like facilities and repositories for official documents known as Kan no Fudono (官文殿) existed in the Asuka period, while the Shōsōin's holdings include over 11,000 paper documents (文書, monjo).[1] The post-war period of Occupation saw the passing of the Library Act (1950) and Museum Act (1951); also in 1951, by ministerial decree, the Ministry of Education set up its Repository for Historical Documents (文部省史料館, shiryōkan) to collect old documents (古文書, komonjo) and records, the nucleus of the Department of Historical Documents at the National Institute of Japanese Literature.[1][3] 1959 saw establishment of the Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives (山口県文書館, Yamaguchi-ken Monjo-kan), the country's first dedicated archival institution;[1][4] from the outset it collected public administrative and governmental records (公文書, kōmonjo) as well as old documents (古文書, komonjo).[1][4] Further prefectural archives followed in Saitama, Tōkyō, and Kyōto in the 1960s, and in 1971 the National Archives were established.[1] By the end of the 1970s there were fifteen archives at the national, prefectural, and city levels.[1] The 1980s brought nine further prefectural archives and four in ordinance-designated cities,[1] while the Public Archives Act (公文書館法) was passed in 1987.[5][6] Entering into force in June the following year, the first of its seven articles stresses the "importance of preserving and providing for use public records and archives as historical materials."[5][6] Nevertheless, recent municipal mergers and dissolutions have occasioned concerns about the loss of municipal records.[7]
National Archives
- National Archives of Japan (国立公文書館) [1]
- of the of the Ministry of Defense (防衛省防衛研究所戦史研究センター史料閲覧室) [3]
- Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (外務省外交史料館) [4]
- National Institute of Japanese Literature (国文学研究資料館) [5]
- (宮内公文書館), Archives and Mausolea Department of the Imperial Household Agency (宮内庁書陵部) [6]
Prefectural Archives[]
- (北海道立文書館) [7]
- (青森県公文書センター) [8]
- (宮城県公文書館) [9]
- (秋田県公文書館) [10]
- (山形県公文書センター) [11]
- Fukushima Prefectural Archives (福島県歴史資料館) [12]
- Ibaraki Prefectural Archives and Museum (茨城県立歴史館) [13]
- (栃木県立文書館) [14]
- (群馬県立文書館) [15]
- (埼玉県立文書館) [16]
- (千葉県文書館) [17]
- (東京都公文書館) [18]
- (神奈川県立公文書館) [19]
- (新潟県立文書館) [20]
- (富山県公文書館) [21]
- (福井県文書館) [22]
- Nagano Prefectural Museum of History (長野県立歴史館) [23]
- (岐阜県歴史資料館) [24]
- (静岡県公文書センター) [25]
- (愛知県公文書館) [26]
- Mie Prefectural Museum (三重県総合博物館) [27]
- (滋賀県立公文書館) [28]
- (京都府立京都学・歴彩館) [29]
- (大阪府公文書館) [30]
- (兵庫県公館県政資料館) [31]
- (奈良県立図書情報館) [32]
- (和歌山県立文書館) [33]
- (鳥取県立公文書館) [34]
- (島根県公文書センター) [35]
- (岡山県立記録資料館)[36]
- (広島県立文書館) [37]
- Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives (山口県文書館) [38]
- (徳島県立文書館) [39]
- (香川県立文書館) [40]
- (高知県立公文書館) [41]
- (福岡共同公文書館) [42]
- (佐賀県公文書館) [43]
- (大分県公文書館) [44]
- (宮崎県文書センター) [45]
- (沖縄県公文書館) [46]
Municipal Archives[]
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Ogawa Chiyoko (1991). "Archives in Japan: The State of the Art". American Archivist. Society of American Archivists. 54 (4): 546–554. doi:10.17723/aarc.54.4.k7m1t73525361r87.
- ^ "Outline of the National Archives". National Archives of Japan. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ 収蔵歴史アーカイブズ利用案内 [Guide to the Historical Archives]. National Institute of Japanese Literature. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b 山口県文書館の歴史 [History of Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b 公文書館法 [Public Archives Act] (in Japanese). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Public Archives Act". National Archives of Japan. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ Koga, Takashi (2007). "Overview of Archives and Archival Issues in Japan". pp. 6 f. hdl:2433/72837.
External links[]
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