Kobunso Taika Koshomoku

“Kobunso Taika Koshomoku” is a set of antiquarian books catalogs sent to customers by Shigeo Sorimachi, who founded the vintage bookstore “Kobunso” in 1932. All pages of the 77 volumes of Kobunso’s catalogs of holdings, the bulk of which come from the Kobunso Taika Koshomoku, are now being digitalized.

The catalogs are filled with detailed bibliographical information and a wealth of illustrations, making them a useful reference for philological and bibliographical studies. The JapanKnowledge edition includes all volumes, which are usually not available in libraries since in principle the catalogs were not for sale. This further makes this digital archive a valuable resource.

The digitalization of Kobunso Taika Koshomoku enables the search of items (title, author, price, etc.) associated with each book. Furthermore, search results can be narrowed by the year of publication, content category, and other categories.