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Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Eiichi Ito, reference specialist in the Asian Division.) Every year some 700,000 visitors come to Washington, D.C. to view the famous sakura, the cherry blossoms (a gift from the city of Tokyo in 1912), and to enjoy the events organized throughout the city as part of the National Cherry Blossom …
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
(The following is a post by Tien Doan, Special Assistant to the Chief, Asian Division.) Among of the unique collections from Southeast Asia in the holdings of the Asian Division at the Library of Congress is a set of bamboo “books” that came from the Mindoro island and the Palawan island, two islands of the …
Posted in: Asian Division, Digital Content, Southeast Asia
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
Welcome to “4 Corners of the World,” a blog dedicated to international collections and studies at the Library of Congress. This blog is a collaborative social media initiative by the Library’s four area studies divisions — African and Middle Eastern, Asian, European and Hispanic. Posts on this blog will highlight important research resources as well …
Posted in: African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED), Asian Division, European Reading Room, Hispanic Reading Room, Research Guides