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Research on financial and monetary history based on the records of the Bank of Japan Archives: a note1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2010

Mari Ohnuki ,
Daisuke Murakami  and
Masanori Takashima
Mari Ohnuki
Affiliation:
Bank of Japan, [email protected]
Daisuke Murakami
Affiliation:
Bank of Japan, [email protected]
Masanori Takashima
Affiliation:
Hitotsubashi University, [email protected]
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This brief survey gives an overview of the research on Japanese financial and monetary history based on the records of the Bank of Japan Archives. We briefly describe the Bank of Japan's organizational history, the activities of the Archives, their history and the classification of documents preserved in the Archives. We finally survey the recent research in Japanese economic history from the viewpoint of materials in the Archives.

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A Note
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Financial History Review , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , October 2010 , pp. 273 - 280
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Copyright © European Association for Banking and Financial History e.V. 2010

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2 The information above is based on Bank of Japan, Outline of the Bank of Japan (www.boj.or.jp/en/type/exp/about/expboj.htm).

3 The information above is based on Bank of Japan, Mission and Activities of the Bank of Japan (www.boj.or.jp/en/type/exp/about/mission.htm).

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