Rissho University: Main Library (品川図書館)

About the Shinagawa Library:

The Shinagawa library was completed in 2004.  The library uniquely combines its conventional library with a state of the art IT system. The library accommodates a combined total of 586,000 books and more than 600 computer terminals, which are used for lectures (distant learning) and as  open terminals for students .

The library consists of three basement floors with the stack room, the reading room and the reference counter, and three-story floors with the main counter, computer facilities and the group reading room.

Collection Size (As of March, 2018):

• Books: 586,040 volumes
  • Japanese books: 474,703 volumes
  • Non Japanese books: 111,337 volumes


• Periodicals: 77,748 volume(bound)
  • Japanese: 50,334 volumes
  • Non Japanese: 27,414 volumes

Notable Collection(s):

• Nichiren Shōnin rare materials (日蓮聖人 貴重資料):  Nichiren Shōnin (1222-1282, the Kamakura period) is a founder of Nichiren sect. The collection include Risshō ankokuron (立正安国論) and Kaimokushō (開目抄).

Note: The Guide uses the ALA/LC standard romanization, however, it also reflects a different romanization system used by an individual institution or collection.

Using the Library

Prior to the Visit: Advance Inquiry and Preparation Required

        For affiliates from other universities:

• Please verify the desired material is available by using their OPAC.

• Please ask the home institution library to contact the library by e-mail to verify the desired material is available when you plan to visit:

    Rissho University
    Shinagawa Library
    (立正大学 品川図書館)
    Email: olib#ris.ac.jp
    (please replace # with @)
    (Note: Please make sure to include
    your position and date(s) that you are
    planning to visit.)

• Letter of Introduction (紹介状 Shōkaijō) from the home institution library (please use the following form if the home institution does not have one):

• • A letter of Introduction (Word,  PDF)

• Library materials request form (図書閲覧願 Tosho etsuran negai) from the home institution Please use the following form if the home institution does not have one:

• • Library Materials Request Form (Word,  PDF)

• Please verify date of your visit by checking the Calendar, linked below.

         For general public users: No Advance Inquiry and
         Preparation Required (access will be limited).

Note: If you want to have access to rare materials, using procedure for affiliates from other universities is recommended, otherwise some rare materials cannot be accessed on the day you visit.  Please ask the library staff if you are visiting the library as a general public user and want to access to these materials.

Upon Arrival:

• At the Main Counter located on the first floor:

• Please present the letter of Introduction and the library material request form

• Please present some form of personal ID

• Please obtain "利用カード" in order to use the library.

Floor Maps: Please refer to "施設案内".

Photocopy:

• Photocopy services are provided in accordance with Japanese copyright laws.

• Copy Fee:

• Black: 10 yen

• Color: 30 yen

Borrowing:

• Eligible for Rissho University Affiliates and 仏教図書館協会東地区相互利用 members.

• Up to 6 books for 21 days
  

Note: 仏教図書館協会東地区相互利用: Buddhism Library Association East District Mutual Use(?), available for Buddhism Library Association East District schools:Toyo Komazawa Rissho Taisho Shukutoku Tsurumi and Minobusan University.

Graduate students, university faculty members and researchers in the Buddhism and Indian philosophy from the participant institutions can use other members' libraries.

Accessing Closed Stack

• Please fill out Shiryō sheikyūhyō (資料請求票) and submit it to the main counter.
  

Accessing Rare Materials

Accessing to the Nichiren Related Materials:

Prior to the visit:

• Please verify the desired material is available by using the following catalogs:

• 『補訂版　国書総目録』岩波書店

• 『仏書解説大辞典』大東出版社

• 『日蓮宗宗学章疏目録』東方出版

• Please ask the home institution library to contact the library by e-mail to verify the desired material is available at least 2 days prior to your visit:

    Rissho University
    Shinagawa Library
    (立正大学 品川図書館)
     Email: olib#ris.ac.jp
     (please replace # with @)
     (Note: Please make sure to include
     your position and date(s) that you are
     planning to visit.)

Upon Arrival: Please present some form ID.

Photocopy:

• Rare Materials Tokushu shiryō (特殊資料, such as Micro-form Materials): Digital Camera is allowed.

• Other rare Materials: The copy request is required.

For all comments and questions about the Guide, please e-mail us:

MLAGuide@nccjapan.org