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The ‘Complete Works of Literature’ is a publication style made in Japan. The first ‘Japanese Literature Complete Works’ is generally considered to be a ‘EMPON’ around 1925. However, this paper goes back to the “NIHON BUNGAKU ZENSHO (Japanese Literature Complete Works)” of the Meiji period before that, and examines the background of its publication. “NIHON BUNGAKU ZENSHO (Japanese Literature Complete Works ; All 24 Books)” is a complete collection published from the HAKUBUNKAN from 1890 to 1892, and the complete collection includes classical Japanese literature of Middle Ages. This paper explored from what historical background the “NIHON BUNGAKU ZENSHO (Japanese Literature Complete Works)” was published. As a result, it was revealed that the main reason why the “NIHON BUNGAKU ZENSHO (Japanese Literature Complete Works)” was published was to let Japanese know the excellence of Japanese literature. At that time, before the opening of the NISSIN(Japan-China) War(1894), the momentum of nationalism was rising. Such a momentum leads to a movement to lead out ‘the pride of Japan or Japanese’ from classical literature, and leads to the publication of books such as “NIHON BUNGAKU ZENSHO (Japanese Literature Complete Works)”.