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==History of the Collections==
==History of the Collections==
Calls for efforts to organize and preserve these documents grew in the aftermath of World War II, and in 1975 the Izuhara Town Board of Education (''Izuhara-chô kyôiku iinkai'') began formal surveys of the materials. Over the course of the next 35 years, the group surveyed more than 80,000 items and produced twelve volumes of catalogs and research proceedings.
Calls for efforts to organize and preserve these documents grew in the aftermath of World War II, and in 1975 the Izuhara Town Board of Education (''Izuhara-chô kyôiku iinkai'') began formal surveys of the materials. Over the course of the next 35 years, the group surveyed more than 80,000 items and produced twelve volumes of catalogs and research proceedings.
In the early Shôwa period (1920s-40s), documents held at the former Sô clan mansions at Sashikihara and Neo (both within Izuhara-chô, the former Tsushima Fuchû [[jokamachi|castle-town]]) were moved into the storehouse at Banshô-in. These materials remaining on Tsushima came to be known as the ''Sôke bunko shiryô'' 宗家文庫史料, or "Sô family collections documents." After the Nagasaki Prefectural Tsushima History and Culture Museum (''Nagasaki kenritsu Tsushima rekishi minzoku shiryôkan'') was established in 1997, it took possession of roughly 80,000 items, including materials from this grouping and from Pusan and Edo (Tokyo). In 2019, the museum's research arm was reorganized into the Nagasaki Prefectural Research Center for the History of Tsushima (''Nagasaki ken Tsushima rekishi kenkyû sentaa''), housed within the [[Tsushima Museum]]; the Museum opened to the public in 2022, and the Center now holds these collections.
Meanwhile, another roughly 14,000 items were transferred in 1997 to the [[Bunkacho|Bunkachô]], the Japanese national government's Agency for Cultural Affairs. Since 2005, these are now held at the [[Kyushu National Museum]] in [[Dazaifu]] ([[Fukuoka prefecture]]) on the mainland of Kyushu.
Roughly 28,000 items previously held on Tsushima or in Edo (Tokyo) were transferred to the possession of the ''Chôsen sôtokufu'', the Empire of Japan's chief colonial government office in [[Seoul]], in a pair of transfers in 1926 and 1938. Following the defeat of Japan in World War II and the establishment of an independent Republic of Korea, the Korean government retained these materials. They are today held by the National Institute of Korean History (韓国国史編纂委員会, ''Hanguk guksa pyeonchan wiwonhoe'').
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