EAST ASIAN LANGUAGE MATERIALS

Summary: Materials primarily in Japanese were for the most part consolidated in this series for further review and appraisal. Only a few exceptions were made for easily identified items which clearly benefited from being placed in other series (for example, for Japanese language MSS which appeared with translations among Collected Manuscripts). The series is therefore highly mixed, including rare Japanese documents such as an 1848 graphic directory of arms and armaments; numerous calligraphed manuscripts of speeches and citations (presented as honoraria to Griffis, for example on his 1926-1927 visit); and miscellaneous Japanese language journals and other publications, including missionary publications. The series also includes a few documents in Korean and several religious texts in Chinese.