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[[File:Toyobunko.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The logo of Tôyô Bunko, on the wall outside of the building]]
*''Japanese'': 東洋文庫 ''(touyou bunko)''
*''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.
The Tôyô Bunko (lit. "Oriental Archives") is a large Asian Studies library in Bunkyô-ku, Tokyo, one of the world's largest.
Its origins lie in a massive collection of China-related books obtained by Baron [[Iwasaki Hisaya]], third head of [[Mitsubishi]] and eldest son of the company's founder [[Iwasaki Yataro|Iwasaki Yatarô]], in 1917, from Australian journalist George E. Morrison.
Its origins lie in a massive collection of China-related books obtained by Baron [[Iwasaki Hisaya]], third head of [[Mitsubishi]] and eldest son of the company's founder [[Iwasaki Yataro|Iwasaki Yatarô]], in 1917, from Australian journalist George E. Morrison.
