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The fund was established in academic year 2018 to preserve scholarly materials, maintain and expand distinctive collections, and improve the library environment. The cumulative total of donations to date has reached 25 million yen.

| The Woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer, Stow edition (first Stow edition, published in London in 1561)
Original title: The woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer, newly printed, with diuers addicions, whiche were neuer in printe before: with the siege and destruccion of the worthy citee of Thebes, compiled by Jhon Lidgate, Monke of Berie. As in the table more plainly dooeth appere.


This is the fifth edition of Chaucer’s collected works. Chaucer, alongside Shakespeare, produced some of the most influential works in English and played a major role in the development of the English language. The volume has an eighteenth-century leather binding.

| Utsho monogatari, 20 volumes (early Edo-period manuscript, Kiso-bon lineage) Volume 1, “Toshikake”
Utsuho monogatari, composed in the latter half of the tenth century during the mid-Heian period, is Japan’s oldest full-length narrative tale. Its first half centers on Kiyohara Toshikage and his grandson Nakatada and tells the story of the transmission of a secret tradition of koto playing. The second half offers a realistic portrayal of aristocratic society through stories of courtship and love. This set is an early Edo-period manuscript copy of the work.

Meiji University Library makes parts of its distinctive collections, including rare and semi-rare books, available through its digital archive. The archive can be accessed by users both within and outside the University.

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