GUIDE: Okuma bunsho : maikurofuirumuban. B-34657 These are the records of Shigenobu Okuma (1838-1922), a statesman in the Meiji-Taisho era. These documents were given to Waseda University, which Okuma founded in 1882. The correspondence describes the Imperial Restoration of Meiji and describes other events in Japan's history.