Special collection

The materials held in the Institite have been collected since 1914, when the Institute was established. About 190,000 materials including rare and valuable books, are held in the Library of the Institute. Of these collections, Pfeffer's collection, Oohara's collection of Chinese books and Oohara's collection of Japanese agricultural books are especially the most important and precious materilas. These were collected by Magosaburo Oohara, who founded the Institute.

Pfeffer's collection　Rare Book

11,730 volumes relating to botany collected by Dr. W. Pfeffer(1845-1920),
professor of Leipzig University. Pflanzenphysiologie (Pfeffer, W) etc.

Pfeffer's collection

Oohara kansekibunko=
Oohara's collection of Chinese books　Rare Book

4,834 volumes relating to early Chinese agriculture

Oohara's collection of Chinese books (Japanese)

Oohara noushobunko=
Oohara's collection of Japanese agricultural books　Rare Book

2,576 volumes relating to Japanese agriculture
and wild plants, issued during the Edo and Meiji era.

Oohara's collection of Japanese agricultural books (Japanese)

Kuwayama collection

8,800 volumes relating to pest insects collected by Dr. Kuwayama.