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65 items from Suruga Date Documents (Early-Modern) held by the Kyoto University Museum have been newly released in Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive.

▼Suruga Date Documents (Early-Modern)

The Suruga Date, a family sharing the same ancestor as the famous Date Masamune of Northern Japan were a warrior (kokujin) family based in Suruga Province (currently known as Shizuoka Prefecture). They moved to Tsuyama domain in Mimasaka province (current day Okayama Prefecture) where they survived during the Early Modern era (1600-1868). In all, 121 documents survive in the Suruga Date collection, with the oldest dating from the fourteenth century, and the most recent dating from the late nineteenth century (Meiji era).
Documents from the Early Modern to the Meiji era are available now. The documents cover a wide range of topics, but at the heart of them are those relating to the dispute over the Date family name from 1690 to the following year.

Yūki Hideyasu shuinjō 結城秀康朱印状

Please also see the 56 medieval documents.

▼Suruga Date Documents (Medieval)

As of February 13, 2025, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 2,154,597 images of 25,582 titles.

 

A fire broke out in the reading room on the 2nd floor of Main Library at 2 p.m. on February 6, 2025.

The cause of the fire was a lithium-ion battery. The battery shorted out, exploded and caught fire.

The fire alarm was sounded at 2:02, and the fire was extinguished 3 minutes later. After confirming safety, the library reopened.
No books were burned.

Thank you for the cooperation in firefighting efforts, activating the fire alarm, and evacuation.

Solved. (2025/01/31)

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7 items including “文机談” from Kikutei Collection held by the Main Library are now available in Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive. 

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.
 

▼Kikutei Collection

Bunkidan (文机談) is a collection of musical stories centered around the biwa (Japanese lute), compiled during the Bun'ei period (1264-1275). The book vividly describes the schools and masters of the biwa, and is an important source for understanding the history of music from the Heian to Kamakura periods. The second volume contains the story of Kamo no Chōmei (鴨長明), who was fond of playing the biwa.
According to the legend of the Kikutei family, the manuscript is considered to be an autograph copy by the author, Bunkibō Ryūen (文机房隆圓). However, it is actually believed to be a transcription from the late Kamakura period, not long after the work’s completion. Among the nine known versions of Bunkidan, the book of the Kikutei Collection is the oldest. Five volumes in five booklets are extant, although some pages are missing.
The second through fifth volumes were written on the reverse side of letters. In the digitization process, we restored the damaged papers, disassembled the books, and digitized all documents written inside of the pages. By making these reverse-side documents publicly available for the first time, it is hoped that further examination will determine the date of transcription in the future.

“文机談” Left: Signature by Ryūen / Right: Beginning of the first volume

In addition, six other titles are also available, including Korefusa Kōki (惟房公記), the autograph diary of Madenokōji Korefusa (万里小路惟房; 1513-1573), a Sengoku period lord, and a floor plan of the Kikutei residence.

“邸宅指図”

As of January 30, 2025, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 2,154,407 images of 25,517 titles.
 

Record ID	Title	Author	Call No	Collection
RB00028140	文机談	(僧)隆円著	菊||フ||12	Kikutei Collection
RB00028331	白馬節会		菊||巻||82	Kikutei Collection
RB00028346	日次記 不足	藤原宣胤并寫	菊||巻||99	Kikutei Collection
RB00028352	惟房公記		菊||巻||103	Kikutei Collection
RB00028364	[不知記]		菊||巻||114	Kikutei Collection
RB00028365	[不知記]	中山定親記カ	菊||巻||115	Kikutei Collection
RB00034905	邸宅指図		文書9-25	Kikutei Collection

 

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※Recommendation form was closed. Thank you for a lot of eBooks recommendations. (February 21th, 2025)

The Kyoto University Library Network provides students with eBooks for lectures and their studies.

We would like to ask for your recommendations of eBooks that you think would be useful for students in first semester AY2025.

Persons eligible to make recommendations

All Kyoto University faculty members (Including part-time lecturers)

eBooks eligible for recommendation

・eBooks that will be used for liberal arts and sciences (ILAS) courses in AY 2025, or that will be useful for students taking those courses.

・eBooks that will be used in undergraduate courses in AY 2025, or that will be useful for students taking those courses.

・eBooks that would be useful for undergraduate students studying at home.

*We will purchase books listed in syllabus of ILAS course sequentially. If you need eBook version, please make recommendation from the recommendation form. Not limited to first semester lectures.

* We cannot purchase eBooks which are not sold to academic institutions. Please refer to the list of titles which are sold to academic institutions at the URL below:

https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/bulletin/1402811?lang=en#ref

eBooks ineligible for recommendation

・Complete works, journals (including back numbers), newspapers

・Study guide, workbooks, self-help books and books of hobbies and practical use

・eBooks that extra costs will be charged next year (ex: contract maintenance fee, platform usage fee) 

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Deadline for recommendations

From January 20th, 2025 to February 20th, 2025.

*We will proceed with the purchase procedure in the order of recommendation acceptance in consideration of the budget situation.

Estimated date of availability

・eBooks will be available sequentially from late January. Please check KULINE of their availability.

*The recommender will be informed only in the case if the recommended eBooks will not be able to be purchased.

Contact

Acquisition and Cataloging Section, Kyoto University Library

Email: shiryoseibi660 [@] mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

For reference

・Titles which are already owned by Kyoto University can be searched via KULINE.

・List of titles which are available to academic institutions

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[Japanse books] (Excel, approx. 32MB） On-campus access only	・List1  Provided by the Maruzen eBook Library ・List2  Provided by the KinoDen ・Includes some non-Japanese books
[Non-Japanese books 1]  (Excel, approx. 10MB） On-campus access only	・List1  Provided by the Bloomsbury, the Brill, the Cambridge, the Oxford, the Taylor & Francis, the Wiley, the World Scientific（titles published after 2019 only）
[Non-Japanese books 2]  (Excel, approx. 13MB) On-campus access only	・List1  Provided by the ProQuest eBook Central（titles published after 2019 only, carefully selected by Kinokuniya Bookstore）

・ All lists are last updated on July 2024.

・ Although the number of eBooks available to academic institutions is smaller than the number available to individuals, it still comprises a very large number of titles. The lists include only a partial selection of the eBooks that are available, so please do not hesitate to recommend eBooks that are not included in the lists, and we will check their availability.  

Your help and cooperation is greatly appreciated. Your recommendations help us to enhance our eBook collection, and will also be used as reference when requesting publishers to provide digital versions of their books.