No. 115 August 2000

New Publications from NDL

Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan Shozo
Kindai Nihon Seiji Kankei Jinbutsu Bunken Mokuroku 1985-1997
(National Diet Library Bibliography of Persons in Modern Japanese Politics)

A biographical bibliography of eminent people in Japan's modern politics from the Meiji period to the present in the NDL Japanese books collection. 

The NDL staff selected about 3,500 people: Emperors (Meiji, Taisho, Showa), Cabinet Ministers, Diet Members (House of Representatives, House of Peers, House of Councillors), Senators, Privy Councilors, leaders of political parties, diplomats, government officials (head of department or above), military officers (general or admiral or above), 

local assembly members, governors, mayors, and other historical personages including publicists, socialists, ultranationalists, and low-ranking military officers. 

The 14,000 items listed are not limited to autobiography, biography, memoirs, diaries, memorial writings, or personal criticism. Anecdotes, essays, criticism and research reports also show different sides of their personalities. In principle, the items were selected from articles of three pages or longer. The bibliography succeeds its predecessor Kindai Nihon Seiji Kankei Jinbutsu Bunken Mokuroku published in 1985, and covers items published from 1985 to 1997. It also contains items published before 1985 that were not carried in the previous catalog. 

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Jinbutsu Bunken Sakuin: Houritsu Seiji Hen (Biographical Literature; Men of Law and Politics)
397p. 1972, NDL call number: 280.39-Ko548z, covers items published from 1868 to 1971, not available on the market 

Kindai Nihon Seiji Kankei Jinbutsu Bunken Mokuroku (National Diet Library Bibliography of Persons in Modern Japanese Politics)
532p. 1985, NDL call number: A1-33, covers items published from 1868 to 1984, not available on the market 

Kindai Nihon Seiji Kankei Jinbutsu Bunken Mokuroku 1985-1997 (National Diet Library Bibliography of Persons in Modern Japanese Politics 1985-1997)
505, 27p., 2000, ISBN 4-87582-558-7, covers items published from 1985 to 1997, available from Kinokuniya Co. Ltd. for 9,000 yen (domestic price) 

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