This collection of about 100,000 pages (973 titles, 1465 volumes) of Thai sources was acquired by Matsuda Yoshihisa, CEO of Matsuda Shokai Trading Company, while stationed in Thailand and donated to the Library in 1963.
The content of the materials pertains to literature, history, religion, politics, biography, travelogues and linguistics in the order of their importance in the collection. Major sub-collections include:
- The personal collection of Chiras Pikul, a Thai civil servant.
- A set of Thai legal statutes
- Cremation volumes
- Series published by Kurusapha, a Thai Ministry of Education affiliate
- Newly released publications for the general public
Opened 2007/9/5 Being revised and enlarged