"Nara Ibun, Volume 1" by Rizo Takeuchi, Yagi Shoten, 1943 "Nara Ibun, Volume 2" by Rizo Takeuchi, Tokyo-do, 1944 Nara Ibun A collection of historical materials compiled by historian Rizo Takeuchi, containing documents from the Nara period. The first edition was published in 1943-1944 (in two volumes, upper and lower). A revised edition was published in 1962 (Showa 37) (in three volumes, upper, middle, and lower), with Volume 1 containing a general catalog and political section, Volume 2 containing religious and economic sections (part 1), and Volume 3 containing economic sections (part 2), literary section, and commentary. (Political Section) Census registers, account books, official tax records, documents related to the Shido (four times a year) system, official documents from the Daijokan (Grand Council of State); (Religious Section) Temple origins and records of property, offering records, documents from temple construction offices, documents from sutra copying offices; (Economic Section) Land certificates from various provinces, slave registers; (Literary Section) Fudoki (topographical records), biographies of individuals, poetry collections, petitions from individuals, inscriptions, consisting of 16 items. The majority of the collection consists of documents from the Shosoin Repository (chronological documents from "Dai Nihon Komonjo"), including the most important ones. The materials are organized by theme, with explanations added to facilitate use. *Shows signs of aging. Volume 1 has a slipcase. Volume 2 has a dust jacket."