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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

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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.

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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.

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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).

The Yongle Encyclopedia, compiled by imperial order of the Ming Emperor Yongle, is one of China's largest encyclopedias, consisting of 22,877 volumes with 60 volumes of indexes. Compiled by Xie Jin and Yao Guangxiao, among others, it was completed in 1407. It includes a comprehensive collection of texts dating back to the early Ming dynasty, either part by part or in their entirety. Many of these texts are already lost, making them an extremely valuable resource for passing on their contents to future generations. When compiling the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries (Siku Quanshu), Emperor Qianlong of the Qing dynasty extracted lost texts from the Yongle Encyclopedia and restored them. The original manuscript was lost, and most copies were destroyed during the Boxer Rebellion and other events. Currently, only approximately 400 volumes remain worldwide. The materials being released this time are volumes 665 and 666. The Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive also has other images of Yongle Encyclopedia available.

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Bukkoku Rekishohen is a treatise on Buddhist astronomy written by Entsu, a monk of the late Edo period. In this work, Entsu attempted to systematize a theory of astronomical calendar-making that remained consistent with the worldview found in Buddhist scriptures. He criticized the Western theories of a spherical Earth and heliocentrism, which were gaining popularity in Japan at the time, and instead argued for a flat earth and the existence of Mount Meru (Sumeru), the sacred mountain at the center of the Buddhist universe. This book served as the starting point for the "Bonreki (Buddhist Calendar) Movement," which continued into the early modern era.

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As of March 4th, 2026, the Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive has released 25,907 titles and 2,155,881 images.