Under such circumstances, in the Tenri Central Library which came to possess many books of Kirishitan-ban due to collection by the second Shinbashira (the head of the Tenrikyo Church) Shozen NAKAYAMA, bibliographical studies were implemented by Makita TOMINAGA, Director of the library, and library staff, including Toshi ARAI and Sadao OUCHIDA, and significant results were achieved especially in studies on printing technique and publishing projects.
そのなかで、天理教の2代真柱である中山正善による蒐集によってキリシタン版を多く所蔵するようになった天理大学附属天理図書館において、館長富永牧太以下の新井トシや大内田貞郎などの館員によって書誌学的研究が進められ、とくに印刷技法や出版事業の研究において重要な成果がもたらされた。