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Maintenance: Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search (Feb. 26)
Due to system maintenance, some services of "Asahi Shimbun
Cross-Search" will be unavailable during the following period.
We appreciate your support and patience.
To access this database via the new authentication system, click here.
Date:
Monday, Feb. 26, 2024 Time: 19:00-20:00 (JST)
Suspended service:
- Article search: download clipped PDF (display and printing are available)
- Reduced Print Edition: Display, print, specify print area, and download images of the print version
- Asahi Graph (optional): Display, print, and download images
[Maintenance] Response delays or planned network outages in the Library service due to hosting service maintenance (18 Feb 09:00-11:00)
Due to maintenance of the hosting service used by the library service,
10-30 second response delay or planned network outages will occur on the following dates and times.
If you have any work that has failed during the maintenance period, we kindly ask you to perform the same work again.
Maintenance date and time: 2024/02/18 (Sun) 09:00 ~ 11:00
Services affected:
Library system
KULINE
MyKULINE
Kyoto University Library Network Websites
Kyoto University Repository KURENAI, KURENAI Deposit System
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
[Library Network] Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive: 361 items from the Kikutei Collection have been newly digitized and released
361 items from the Kikutei Collection have been newly digitized and released.
Kikutei Collection is an assembly of manuscripts and books handed down through the Kikutei Family founded by Kanesue (1281-1339; 兼季), the forth son of Sanekane Saionji (1249-1322; 西園寺実兼). The Kikutei (Imadegawa) Family was designated one of the highest status court families called the Seiga (清華) family which members can be appointed as Daijō-daijin (太政大臣) and served as biwa (Japanese lute) players. The collection includes many records of the court rituals, documents on music and instruments, and diaries hand-written by nobles.
The collection deposited in 1921 and 1923 and additional documents and scrolls of portraits related to the Kikutei Family were donated to the Main Library, Kyoto University by the owner of the collection and were formally registered as the holdings of the library in January 2021.
This time, 361 items from the collection have been newly digitized and released. These include "今出川家歴代履歴", a records of the Kikutei Family, and "伊勢外宮正遷宮", "春日祭次第", "禁中年中行事", records of rituals.
The digitization of rare materials released this time was conducted 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 February 14, 2024, the Digital Archive provides 2,092,303 images of 25,157 titles.
▼Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive
361 items from the Kikutei Collection have been newly digitized and released
Maintenance: WorldCat Discovery
WorldCat Discovery, provided by OCLC, will be undergoing service maintenance during the following period.
Schedule: February 18, 2024 (Sun.) 13:00-15:00 (about 2 hours)
Related services: WorldCat Discovery
During this time, there may be connection problems with the above services. We apologize for any inconvenience caused during the maintenance and appreciate your understanding.
Information about scheduled maintenance and system outages is also available
on the OCLC System Status site, which is updated in real time 24 hours a day.
https://oclc.service-now.com/status
Database List "W"
https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/erdb?c=erdb_alpha_w&lang=en
[Library Network] Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive: 262 items from Zokyo Shoin Collection have been newly digitized and released
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, 262 items from Zokyo Shoin-bon have been newly digitized and released.

The digitization of part of Zokyo Shoin Collection is supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (23HP8002).
▼Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive
262 items from Zokyo Shoin Collection have been newly digitized and released
[Library Network] Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive: 311 items from the Kyō-ō Gokokuji Documents held by the Kyoto University Museum have been newly released
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 311 of these documents has been newly released.
▼The Kyoto University Museum - Kyō-Ō Gokokuji Documents
As of February 8, 2024, the Digital Archive provides 2,021,589 images of 24,534 titles.
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[Maintenance]Ichushi Web, Saishin Kango Web(Feb. 10th, Feb. 25th)
System maintenance of "Ichushi Web (Japana centra revuo medicina) and Saishin Kango Web" will be carried out on the following date and time.
Date, time, and details of the outage
- Saturday, February 10, 2024, 0:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m. (Friday, February 9, midnight 24:00 - 6:00 a.m. the next
morning)
Several momentary interruptions and one outage of up to 30 minutes will occur during the above work hours.
- Sunday, February 25, 2024, midnight to 2:00 a.m. (Saturday, February 24, 24:00 midnight to 26:00 a.m.)
There will be one outage of up to 30 minutes during the above work hours.
Services subject to outage (common to both days)
- Ichushi Web
- Ichushi Personal Web
- SAishin Kango Web
Maintenance work will be conducted twice.
Service will be resumed as soon as the work is completed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience.
[Library Network] Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive: 26 items including Ueno Collection, Thaner Collection and "Le journal de Shanghai" have been newly released
26 items from 5 libraries including Ueno Collection, Thaner Collection and "Le journal de Shanghai" have been newly released on the Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive.
For the list of the items released this time, Please see the news page below.
▼Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive
26 items including Ueno Collection, Thaner Collection and "Le journal de Shanghai" have been newly released