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The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek could again expand its Japanese collection by an outstanding work by Katsushika Hokusai (1760 – 1849). The new acquisition is the famous coloured woodblock print "South wind, clear sky", better known as "Red Fuji".

Two important manuscripts by the Persian poet Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207 – 1273) have been entered in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. The two works – from the holdings of the State Library of Berlin and of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek – form part of a joint application encompassing a total of 15 manuscripts, which was filed by six countries under the lead of the Turkish UNESCO Commission.