[Library Network] Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive: 111 items from the Portrait Collection held by the Kyoto University Museum have been newly released
111 items from the Portrait Collection held by the Kyoto University Museum, including portraits of Tokugawa Ieyasu and that of Sugawara no Michizane, have been newly released.
The Portraits Collection is mainly collected between the late 1910s and 1920s.

Left: Sugawara no Michizane (tenjin) zō / Right: Tokugawa Ieyasu zō
▼The Kyoto University Museum - Portraits of Premodern Japan
[Library Network] Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive: Five of oriental maps and star charts have been newly released
Five of oriental maps and star charts held by the Graduate School of Letters and Science have been newly released.
"混弌歴代國都疆理之圖" was established when a manuscript of a map produced in the Ming dynasty in the 16th century was transmitted to the Joseon dynasty, where the title and a map of the Korean peninsula were added. The material held by the Graduate School Letters is thought to be a manuscript of this. It is a valuable material from which the map and the afterword can be clearly read.
"混弌歴代國都疆理之圖" held by the Graduate School of Letters
“天象列次分野之図” is a stone-engraved star map produced during the reign of King Taejo of the Joseon Dynasty (first engraving), and a facsimile stone monument was produced during the reign of King Sukjong (re-engraving). The materials held by the Graduate School of Letters and the Graduate School of Science are re-engraved rubbings.
The Digital Archive of Rare Materials also has digital images of the first and second engravings in the collection of the Graduate School of Science (Astronomy Dep.). By viewing them side by side, it is possible to see the differences between the first engraving and re-engraving, as well as the differences between the re-engraving rubbings.
”天象列次分野之図" (Left: held by the Graduate School of Letters / Right: held by the Graduate School of Science)
| Record ID | Title | Collection |
| RB00033993 | [天象列次分野之圖] | Grad. Sch. Letters |
| RB00033994 | 混弌歴代國都疆理之圖 | Grad. Sch. Letters |
| RB00033991 | 天文圖(南宋淳祐天文圖) | Grad. Sch. Science |
| RB00033992 | 天象列次分野之圖 | Grad. Sch. Science |
| RB00033954 | 天文成象 | Grad. Sch. Science |
“天象列次分野之図”, “天文圖” and “天文成象” are from the former collection of Dr. Issei Yamamoto, the first director of the Kwasan Observatory of Kyoto University.
The digitization of the above-mentioned rare materials has been realized thanks to the Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive Fund.
We sincerely extend our appreciation to their generosity, with our determination to continue this digitization project to preserve and make the best use of our rare materials at the same time, which we believe will lead to the promotion of research and culture.
References:
井上充幸「東アジアにおける楊子器図の展開」(藤井讓治, 杉山正明, 金田章裕編『大地の肖像 : 絵図・地図が語る世界』京都大学学術出版会, 2007)pp. 282-297.
https://m.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/webopac/BB02406995
冨田良雄「東洋星図(花山天文台所蔵)」(『静脩』, 51(3), 2014, pp. 4-5.)
http://hdl.handle.net/2433/191072
[Library Network] Two bulletins published by the Graduate School of Engineering released at KURENAI
The following two bulletins published by the Graduate School of Engineering have been released at KURENAI. First volume of these bulletins had been published on 1914 in which the College of Science and Engineering was split into the College of Science and the College of Engineering. All volumes published by the College of Engineering, Kyoto Imperial University and the Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University from 1914 to 1995 are now available.
- 『Memoirs of the College of Engineering, Kyoto Imperial University』
http://hdl.handle.net/2433/277700 - 『Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University』
http://hdl.handle.net/2433/278400
* Seven bulletins published by the Graduate School of Science have been already released on November 2020. See below for details.
https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/bulletin/1387679
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