Sekai dai hyakkajiten

Japanese encyclopaedia

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The Sekai dai hyakkajiten (meaning "World Encyclopaedia") is a comprehensive Japanese general encyclopedia published in Tokyo. It was first released between 1955 and 1963 in 33 volumes, featuring around 70,000 articles written by specialists. This publication quickly became the standard Japanese encyclopedia. Its final three volumes included updated information, a world history timeline, a list of Japanese cities, and indexes. The encyclopedia underwent a complete revision between 1964 and 1968, resulting in a 23-volume edition with two supplementary atlas volumes. This work is a successor to the earlier Dai hyakkajiten.12

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Dai hyakkajiten
…1955–63, a successor encyclopaedia, the Sekai dai hyakkajiten (“World Encyclopaedia”), was published in 33 volumes containing approximately 70,000 articles signed by specialists; it quickly became the standard Japanese encyclopaedia. The final three volumes contain supplementary material, which includes not only updated information covering the years 1958–63 but also a chronological…
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…1955–63, a successor encyclopaedia, the Sekai dai hyakkajiten (“World Encyclopaedia”), was published in 33 volumes containing approximately 70,000 articles signed by specialists; it quickly became the standard Japanese encyclopaedia. The final three volumes contain supplementary material, which includes not only updated information covering the years 1958–63 but also a chronological…
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