The collection was established in 1947, comprising a part of the book collection of Soho Tokutomi (1863-1957) and reference materials related to Tokutomi donated by Jiro Yamamoto, a businessman who was strongly influenced by Tokutomi. The collection includes more than 20 letters to Tokutomi from prominent figures such as Shimei Futabatei (author), Kaoru Inoue (politician), Katsunan Kuga (journalist), Ogai Mori (author), Chomin Nakae (political theorist), Naobumi Ochiai (tanka poet and scholar) and Yukio Ozaki (politician). It also contains more than 20 volumes from William Morris’s famous private ‘Kelmscott Press’, Tolstoy’s favorite walking stick and autographed photos from his later life.

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