Nishimura Library

The Nishimura Library (西村文庫, Nishimura bunko) was a collection of about 10,000 books that were destroyed in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake and following fires in Japan.^[1]^[2] The books were the former possessions of Nishimura Shigeki before becoming part of the library of Tokyo University and were mainly about Chinese philosophy and history.

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^ LOST MEMORY - LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES DESTROYED IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ( Archived June 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine)
^ 漢籍関係年表. Chinese classics (in Japanese). Tokyo University General library. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[lostmemoryunesco-1] LOST MEMORY - LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES DESTROYED IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ( Archived June 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine)

[2] 漢籍関係年表. Chinese classics (in Japanese). Tokyo University General library. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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