List of archives in Japan

The Shōsōin, Tōdai-ji's eighth-century treasure house in Nara (National Treasure); its holdings include over eleven thousand documents[1]

This is a list of archives (文書館, monjokan) in Japan. According to the National Archives of Japan, "archives are one of the three key pillars of culture, together with libraries and museums".[2]

  1. ^ Ogawa Chiyoko (1991). "Archives in Japan: The State of the Art". American Archivist. 54 (4). Society of American Archivists: 546–554. doi:10.17723/aarc.54.4.k7m1t73525361r87.
  2. ^ "Outline of the National Archives". National Archives of Japan. Retrieved 22 August 2020.