Kyoto University Library Network

KURENAI and KURENAI Deposit System will be temporarily unavailable for maintenance during the following time:

• Date: March 19th, 2026 (Thursday)
• Time: 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM (JST, estimated)

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your cooperation.

If you wish to register for KURENAI during the suspension period, please contact us using the following procedure.

1. If there are co-authors, please obtain permission from all co-authors in advance to register with KURENAI.
   Reference: Email template for obtaining co-author consent (Word file) *Please edit as needed.
2. Please refer to the Copyright Transfer Agreement and check whether the publisher permits self-archiving in the author's institutional repository. If you are uncertain of the publisher policy, please contact us.
3. Please send us two documents listed below;
   [1] Kyoto University Research Information Repository Registration Form (Word file)
   [For current faculty members] [Japanese] [English]
   *Please fill in the information and send this form via intra-campus mail or the Kyoto University e-mail (kyoto-u.ac.jp).
   　　*Students are required to include their faculty research supervisor's e-mail addresses with the Kyoto University's domain name in CC.
   [To those who are not currently affiliated with Kyoto University] [Japanese] [English]
   *Please fill in the information, stamp it, and send it via e-mail (please attach scanned data of the registration form).
   [2] Data files of article (main text, figure, and tables) (Please attach the file to an e-mail)

[Repository Section, Main Library]
Posted: 2026-03-16

KinoDen(Kinokuniya Digital Library) service will be suspended due to its system maintenamce during the following period.
We appreciate your support and patience.

Schedule

• March 26, 2026 (Thu) 11:00 PM – March 27, 2026 (Fri) 4:00 AM (Japan Time)

Suspended service

• KinoDen Service
• bREADER Cloud app

2 items from the Kennaiki held by the Kyoto University Museum have been newly released.
Kennaiki is the diary of Tokifusa Madenokoji, a nobleman in the early Muromachi period. It is a historical document that conveys the political and social situation of the Muromachi period.

建内記（RB00036246）


建内記（RB00036247）

As of March 13, 2026, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 2,214,156 images of 26,790 titles.

KURENAI Deposit System will be temporarily unavailable for maintenance during the following time:

• Date: March 23th, 2026 (Thursday)
• Time: 16:00 PM - 18:00 PM (JST, estimated)

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your cooperation.

[Repository Section, Main Library]
Posted: 2026-03-12

436 titles including Seike Collection, Kikutei Collection and Konoe Collection in Main Library have been released.

伊勢物語

建内記 建内日記 應永丗五年 月不知□欠/永享二年四月

436 of 437 items released this time were digitized under the “Project to Build an International Collaborative Research Network for Pre-modern Japanese Texts” by the National Institute of Japanese Literature in which Kyoto University Library participates.

As of March 12, 2026, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 2,214,023 images of 26,788 titles.

[In Progress] [Library Network] Configuration Changes to Address Access Load on KULINE and Notes for Use (Posted April 7)

Since around 21:30 on Friday, March 6th, KULINE has been intermittently inaccessible or unstable. If you cannot access the system, please try again later. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

Alternative Search Methods
https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/service/12758

During this system failure, loan renewals, reservations, and other requests will be handled individually at the library counters. Please contact the relevant library by email or other means via the list below:

List of Libraries
https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/newdb

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

kuline [at] mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

The Kyō-ō Gokokuji Documents (monjo) were discovered by Toshihide Akamatsu in the treasure house of Toji Temple in 1937. After the war, Kyoto University borrowed, organized and transcribed them. In 1968, they were given to Kyoto University. In 1971, these documents designated as a National Important Cultural Property. The collection consists of 3043 documents that date from the Heian period (794-1185) through the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600).
This time, images of 309 of these documents has been newly released.

▼The Kyoto University Museum - Kyō-Ō Gokokuji Documents

造営方算用状

As of March 10, 2026, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 26,351 images of 2,184,377 titles.

We are pleased to announce that Web of Science Research Assistant, an AI tool for literature searching, is now available.

Web of Science Research Assistant is a generative AI tool in Web of Science. It allows users to ask questions in natural language, including Japanese and English, and helps with finding relevant papers, reviewing literature, and exploring research trends and topics. Its answers are based on trusted data in Web of Science. Users can also check the source records and search criteria in the results.

We hope you will find this tool useful for literature surveys and topic exploration.

How to Use

Access Web of Science (via the authentication system).
Then select the “Research Assistant” tab at the top of the screen.

Further Information

• Web of Science Help Center
  https://webofscience.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/31437630410129-Web-of-Science-Research-Assistant
• Web of Science LibGuides
  https://clarivate.libguides.com/authors/research-assistant

The issue has been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience. (March 9, 2026)

 

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We are experiencing a technical issue with our E-Journal/Database Authentication System (As of March 8, 2026, 10:00 AM). When attempting to access electronic resources, the error message "EZproxy is currently unavailable. Please contact your system administrator for assistance" is displayed, and resources cannot be accessed.

We apologize for the inconvenience and ask for your patience while we work to restore service.

[University Library Electronic Resources Team]

Zokyo Shoin Collection held by the Main Library consists of Buddhist sutras and books collected from the archives of temples by a publisher in Kyoto. Among these, 135 items from Zokyo Shoin-bon have been newly digitized and released.

伽藍記 五巻

As of March 5, 2026, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 2,183,023 images of 26,042 titles.
The digitization of part of Zokyo Shoin Collection is supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (JP25HP8001).