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detail of poster JA 6 - The occupation of Port Arthur, 1905

Japan and Japanese Diaspora Collections

These collections focus on social, political, and economic change from the Meiji (1868–1911) to post–World War II reconstruction (1945–52) periods in Japan and overseas Japanese communities.

  • Overview

    • Overview

    Major topics of the Japan collection include the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95; pre–World War II domestic affairs; Japanese-sponsored governments in China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia; the post–World War II Allied occupation, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, the US-Japan Security Treaty. Records of the Japanese Communist Party and proceedings of the Imperial Diet, 1890–1946, are available. The Japanese Diaspora collection includes the Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection, the world’s largest open-access full-image digital collection of Japanese newspapers published in North America.

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    detail of poster JA 13 - Showing Japanese and Russian troops at vicinity of Tailenwan, 1905
    Explore the Japanese Modern History Manuscript Collection

    Miscellaneous materials collection by the Hoover Institution East Asia Library, Tokyo Office

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    Researchers at Hoover's East Asia Library
    History of the Collections: Asia

    Challenging traditional historiography and providing new historical interpretation

    Featured Collections

    Kōshikan Records

    Japanese legation in Korea, 1894–1910

    Japanese Modern History Manuscript Collection

    Miscellaneous materials collection by the Hoover Institution East Asia Library, Tokyo Office

    Daniel K. E. Ching Collection

    Materials relating to Japanese-occupied Manchuria (Manchukuo)

    Jane Lathrop Stanford Miscellaneous Papers

    Photograph albums of scenes in Japan, presented to Stanford during her 1902 visit

    RIKUGUN RECORDS

    Japanese imperial army surveys of property seized in China during World War II

    Milo E. Rowell Papers

    US military lawyer involved in drafting Japanese constitution after World War II

    Bonner Frank Fellers Papers

    Brigadier general, US Army; chief, Psychological Warfare Branch, South West Pacific Area, 1943–45

    Crawford F. Sams Papers

    Chief, public health and welfare section in occupied Japan, 1945–51

    Sheldon H. Harris Papers

    US historian and author, Factories of Death: Japanese Biological Warfare, 1932–45

    Harold Melvin Agnew Motion Picture Film

    Depicts the explosion of atom bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan

    Eugene H. Dooman Papers

    US counselor of embassy to Japan, 1937–41; assistant secretary of state staff for Far Eastern affairs, 1944–45

    Joseph C. Trainor Papers

    Supreme commander for the Allied Powers in Japan staff, 1945–51

    George Dinsmore Stoddard Miscellaneous Papers

    US educator; chairman, United States Education Mission to Japan, 1946

    Hubert G. Schenck Papers

    Supreme commander for the Allied Powers in Japan staff, 1945–51

    Ronald S. Anderson Papers

    US secondary school teacher in Japan, 1929–35; United States education officer in Japan, 1946–49

    Thomas Ray Bodine Papers

    Field Director, National Japanese American Student Relocation Council  1942–45

    Karl R. Bendetsen Papers

    Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II

    S.i. Hayakawa Papers

    US senator from California, 1977–1983

    Stanford Nisei Alumni Newsletter Issues

    Japanese American activities during World War II, 1944–45; Newsletter of Japanese American alumni of Stanford University

    John B. Cornell Papers

    Materials related to Japanese emigrants in Brazil, 1965–68

    Masuo Kitaji Annotated And Illustrated Bibles

    Masuo Kitaji's Bibles provided through the generosity of the Kitaji Family, 1935/1973

    Shigemitsu Mamoru Sketch Books

    Depicts scenes at the proceedings of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, 1947/1948

    Kaoru Ueda

    Kaoru Ueda

    Curator of Japanese Diaspora Collections / Research Fellow

    Kaoru (Kay) Ueda is a research fellow and the curator of the Japanese Diaspora Collections at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. She holds a B.A. from Kwansei Gakuin University, an MBA from University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. from Boston University, and has uniq...

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    Additional Guides

    Most of the items described in these guides are now available at the East Asia Library at Stanford University or Stanford Auxiliary Libraries (SAL 1 & 2).  Please check Stanford's online libraries catalog for exact locations.

    Ike, Nobutaka. The Hoover Institution Collection On Japan. Palo Alto, Calif, 1958.

    Mote, Frederick W., Japanese-Sponsored Governments In China, 1937-1945: An Annotated Bibliography Compiled From Materials In the Chinese Collection of the Hoover Library. Stanford,: Stanford University Press, 1954.

    Nahm, Andrew C. Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1894–1910: A Checklist of Japanese Archives in the Hoover Institution. Stanford University, Calif.: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University, 1959.

    Kiyohara, Michiko. China Watching by the Japanese: Reports and Investigations from the First Sino-Japanese War to the Unification of China Under the Communist Party: A Checklist of Holdings In the East Asian Collection, Hoover Institution.Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 1987.

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    News/Press
    Hoover Institution Acquires The Archives Of Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō

    March 14, 2023
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    Event
    Japanese Diaspora Initiative Workshop

    The Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University and the Japanese Association for Migration Studies co-host the Second International Workshop on Japanese Diaspora. 

    November 4, 2022
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    Masuo Kitaji's Companion Bible undergoing conservation treatment
    News/Press
    Under the Magnifying Glass, Again

    Two Bibles, created by Salvation Army captain Masuo Kitaji while he was in detention camps and now in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives collection, underwent conservation treatment in preparation for an exhibition.

    November 04, 2022
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    Event
    Through A Transnational Lens: Embedding Japan In Global History—Japanese Diaspora Public Lecture

    This is a Japanese Diaspora Public Lecture featuring Sheldon Garon, Princeton University.

    November 3, 2022
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    Black and white photo of Eugene Wu sitting at a desk with a bookshelf in the background
    News/Press
    In Memoriam: Eugene Wu (1922–2022), Early Curator Of The Hoover Institution Library & Archives’ East Asian Collections

    The Hoover Institution Library & Archives is saddened to learn of the passing of our colleague Eugene Wu. He died earlier this month at the age of 100 near his home in Menlo Park, California. Wu contributed to and presided over the growth of three outstanding East Asian collections at the University of Washington, Stanford, and Harvard. His legacy promises to be an enduring inspiration for librarians, researchers, and students of East Asia for generations to come.

    August 22, 2022
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    Photograph of the entrance to the Fanning the Flames exhibition in Hoover Tower, 2022
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    A Virtual Exhibition Tour Of Fanning The Flames: Propaganda In Modern Japan

    The Hoover Institution Library & Archives presents the Fanning the Flames Speaker Series. This twelfth session is moderated by Kaoru (Kay) Ueda, Curator of the Japanese Diaspora Collection at Hoover. The event will feature a video screening of “A Virtual Exhibition Tour of Fanning the Flames: Propaganda in Modern Japan.” For the first time we will reveal to our virtual audience a view of the physical exhibition, located in the Lou Henry Hoover gallery at Hoover Tower, Stanford University. Dr. Ueda will also be joined by Library & Archives colleagues to talk about the processes involved with developing exhibitions like Fanning the Flames.

    July 7, 2022
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    News/Press
    Sparking Printmaking Inspirations In The Library & Archives: An Art Studio Class Visit

    Stanford art studio students sought inspiration from the Fanning the Flames exhibition and Hoover collections, exploring archival materials and posters related to propaganda and activism. Their work will become part of the Stanford University Libraries University Archives.

    February 23, 2022
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    Graphic for Fanning the Flames exhibition featuring a card from Japanese kamishibai showing a pilot in yellow jumpsuit weilding a sword
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    Fanning the Flames: Propaganda in Modern Japan

    Now closed in the Hoover Tower galleries, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives is pleased to present Fanning the Flames: Propaganda in Modern Japan, which features rare woodblock prints and paper plays.

    November 16, 2021
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    News/Press
    Hoover Launches New Interactive Website for “Fanning the Flames: Propaganda in Modern Japan” Exhibition

    The Hoover Institution Library & Archives launches a new interactive online exhibition—a website that features digital stories, collection highlights, video clips, interactive maps, and other compelling material on the history of modern Japanese propaganda from its rich holdings.

    October 05, 2021
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