Toyo Bunko

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  • Japanese: 東洋文庫 (touyou bunko)

The Tôyô Bunko (lit. "Oriental Archives") is a large Asian Studies library in Tokyo, one of the world's largest.

Its origins lie in a massive collection of China-related books obtained by Baron Iwasaki, head of Mitsubishi, in 1917, from Australian journalist George E. Morrison.

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