This exhibition aims to electronically organize the special exhibitions held at the Tokyo Main Library from October 16 to 29, and at the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library from November 13 to 26, 2008, on the website.

Descriptions are prepared and edited by the Special Exhibition Subcommittee under the National Diet Library Exhibition Committee.

All materials provided on the website are in the possession of the Rare Books and Old Materials Room of the NDL. Some of the materials are accessible from "NDL Digital Collections" on the website. To conserve the valuable materials, please access them in microfilmed form wherever possible.

• Commentaries on the materials are provided in the following order in principle:
  Material number, title, number of volumes, author, publishing place, publisher, year of printing or copy, number of books, size, call number, exposition.
• Titles not mentioned on the materials and the estimated years are indicated in square brackets, [ ].
• Years are shown in the Christian era and/or in the Japanese eras or periods.
• Sizes are indicated in centimeters in lengthwidth format.
• Our call numbers are referred to in < >.

Character code and metatag were renovated. on August 8, 2012

Provision started on November 27, 2008

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All images used in the digital exhibition "Rare books of the National Diet Library -The 60th anniversary-" are in the public domain. The digital images and commentary of this digital exhibition may be reproduced or reused, including for commercial use, without making any application to the National Diet Library. Please read the Terms of Use of Contents of the National Diet Library website before using these digital images or commentary.

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Rare books of the National Diet Library -The 60th anniversary-, National Diet Library, Japan (https://www.ndl.go.jp/exhibit60/)

The Terms of Use of the National Diet Library Digital Exhibitions that was in effect until February 2025 can be found on the Web Archiving Project (WARP) website. There have been no changes made to the terms and conditions regarding reproduction and reuse of content (As of March 2025).

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