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The following provides an overview of the structural divisions of the Denki shiryo, with an English translation of book, part, and chapter titles. An English translation of the table of contents, divided by published volume, with links to the English translations of the content summaries, is also available.


Book 1 – Formative Years and Service to the Hitotsubashi Family and the Meiji Government (1840-1873)
Part 1 – Formative Years
Chapter 1 – Childhood [vol. 1]
Chapter 2 – Loyalist Youth [vol. 1]
Part 2 – Exile and Years of Service
Chapter 1 – Exile and Service to the Hitotsubashi Family [vol. 1]
Chapter 2 – Service to the Shogunate [vols. 1-2]
Chapter 3 – Service to the Shizuoka Domain [vol. 2]
Chapter 4 – Service to the Ministry of Popular Affairs and the Ministry of Finance [vols. 2-3]


Book 2 – Building the Japanese Economy and Contributing to Public and Social Works (1873-1909)
Part 1 – Business and the Economy
Chapter 1 – Finance [vols. 4-7]
Chapter 2 – Transportation [vols. 8-9]
Chapter 3 – Commerce and Industry [vols. 10-15]
Chapter 4 – Mining and Extraction [vol. 15]
Chapter 5 – Agriculture, Ranching, Forestry, and Fisheries [vol. 15]
Chapter 6 – Foreign Enterprises [vol. 16]
Chapter 7 – Economic Organizations and Various Private Sector Associations [vols. 17-23]
Chapter 8 – Political Associations [vol. 23]
Chapter 9 – General Financial and Economic Issues [vol. 23]
Part 2 – Public and Social Works
Chapter 1 – Social Programs [vol. 24]
Chapter 2 – International Friendship [vol. 25]
Chapter 3 – Morality and Religion [vol. 26]
Chapter 4 – Education [vols. 26-27]
Chapter 5 – Scholarly and Other Cultural Projects [vol. 27]
Chapter 6 – Politics and Local Administration [vols. 27-28]
Chapter 7 – Military-related Projects [vol. 28]
Chapter 8 – Other Public Works Projects [vol. 28]
Part 3 – Personal Affairs
Chapter 1 – Home Life [vol. 29]
Chapter 2 – Honors [vol. 29]
Chapter 3 – Birthday Celebrations [vol. 29]
Chapter 4 – Dōzokukai (Family Association) [vol. 29]
Chapter 5 – Friends and Acquaintances [vol. 29]
Chapter 6 – Travel [vol. 29]
Chapter 7 – Retirement from the Business World [vol. 29]
Chapter 8 – Residence [vol. 29]
Chapter 9 – Miscellaneous Materials [vol. 29]


Book 3 –Contributing to Social Welfare, International Understanding, and Education (1909-1931)
Part 1 – Public and Social Works
Chapter 1 – Social Programs [vols. 30-31]
Chapter 2 – Labor and Capital Cooperation and Other Harmonization Projects [vol. 31]
Chapter 3 – International Friendship [vols. 32-40]
Chapter 4 – Morality and Religion [vols. 41-44]
Chapter 5 – Education [vols. 44-46]
Chapter 6 – Scholarly and Other Cultural Projects [vols. 46-48]
Chapter 7 – Administration [vol. 48]
Chapter 8 – Various Military-related Projects [vol. 48]
Chapter 9 – Other Public Works Projects [vol. 49]
Part 2 – Business and the Economy
Chapter 1 – Finance [vols. 50-51]
Chapter 2 – Transportation and Communication [vols. 51-52]
Chapter 3 – Commerce and Industry [vols. 52-54]
Chapter 4 – Mining [vol. 54]
Chapter 5 – Agriculture, Ranching, and Forestry [vol. 54]
Chapter 6 – Foreign Enterprises [vols. 54-55]
Chapter 7 – Economic Organizations and Various Private Sector Associations [vol. 56]
Chapter 8 – Various Political Associations [vol. 56]
Chapter 9 – Financial and Economic Issues [vol. 56]
Appendix and Addenda [vol. 56]
Part 3 – Personal Affairs
Chapter 1 – Home Life [vol. 57]
Chapter 2 – Honors [vol. 57]
Chapter 3 – Birthday Celebrations [vol. 57]
Chapter 4 – Dōzokukai (Family Association) and Dōzoku Kaisha (Family Company) [vol. 57]
Chapter 5 – Friends and Acquaintances [vol. 57]
Chapter 6 – Travels [vol. 57]
Chapter 7 – Retirement from the Business World [vol. 57]
Chapter 8 – Uyatankai (Rainy Night Tales Society) [vol. 57]
Chapter 9 – Death [vol. 57]
Chapter 10 – Funeral and Buddhist Memorial Services [vol. 57]
Chapter 11 – Will [vol. 57]
Chapter 12 – Succession [vol. 57]
Chapter 13 – Memorial Services [vol. 57]
Chapter 14 – Commemorative Projects [vol. 57]
Chapter 15 – Miscellaneous Materials [vol. 57]


Chronology by Industry
Chronology by Industry [vol. 58]
Accumulated Table of Contents [vol. 58]
Alphabetical Index to Table of Contents [vol. 58]


Supplementary Volumes:
Diary [sup. vols. 1-2]
List of Meeting Dates and Times [sup. vol. 2]
Correspondence [sup. vols. 3-4]
Lectures [sup. vol. 5]
Talks [sup. vols. 5-8]
Extra Profits [sup. vol. 8]
Abridged Correspondence [sup. vol. 8]
List of Names of Correspondents [sup. vol. 8]
Ryumon Zasshi Index [sup. vol. 8]
Calligraphy [sup. vol. 9]
Photographs [sup. vol. 10]


Table of Contents
a volume-by-volume table of contents of the Denki shiryo, with links to English translations of the content summaries


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