Special collections
The library has several special collection areas:
Edo woodblock print books
The “CEEJA Edo-bunko” (“CEEJA Edo Library”) is an extensive collection of over 600 woodblock-printed books dating from the Edo period (1600–1868), plus a smaller number from the early Meiji period (1868-1912).
Historical relations between the German-speaking region and Japan
More than 2000 books from the 17th century to the present: scientific studies, travel reports, diplomatic sources, literature of various kinds, magazines, etc.
France-Japan relations
Books, magazines and other documents from the last four centuries.
Western novels on Japan
Novels and novellas about love, landscape and passion in Japan, in German, English and French.
Collection on the mining history of Japan
A special collection, unique in Europe, that includes books and documents on Japanese mining.
Ōhara Junnosuke - engineer and manager (1858-1896)
Ōhara Junnosuke was an early graduate of the Imperial College of Engineering in Tokyo. His handwritten lecture notes, internship reports and diaries, etc. are a unique testimony of early engineering education in Japan.