The Fukuda library: on the latest acquisitions of the Library of East Asian Studies of ELTE University

Abstract

This short notice gives a comprehensive but detailed overview of the book collection donated by the widow of Professor Fukuda Hideichi 福田秀一 (1932–2006), who was the member of the International Christian University,
Tokyo. In 1987 and 1999, Prof. Hedeichi was teaching at the Department of Japanese Studies at ELTE University. This description lists some major Japanese works and collections (e.g. Kokinwakashū 古今和歌集, Shinkokinwakashū 新古今和歌集, Sankashū 山家集, Kagerō nikki 蜻蛉日記, Sarashina nikki 更級日記), about which the Fukuda library offers various pieces of secondary literature. Prof. Fukuda naturally had special emphases in his research (e.g. monk Saigyō 西行 or Fujiwara no Teika 藤原定家), thus the primary sources and the secondary literature on these topics are amply attested in the collection.