Eisei Bunko Archives
The Eisei Bunko collection entrusted to Kumamoto University is generally divided as follows:
- 1. Middle-Age Hosokawa family documents
- 2. Texts related to the clan founder Yuusai Hosokawa
- 3. Missives between Hosokawa family heads
- 4. Documents approved by early daimyo
- 5. Takuan missives
- 6. Materials related to Shigekata Hosokawa (journals, etc.)
- 7. Documents related to recent daimyo
- 8. Daimyo family missives
- 9. Picture scrolls
- 10. Feudal administrative records
- 11. Feudal administrative documents
- 12. Officially compiled feudal records
- 13. Illustrations, maps, and architectural plans
- 14. Unprocessed texts
Eisei-Bunko Research Center