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Nakai Collection consists of about 2,500 materials passed down through the Nakai family, the Tokugawa Government's master carpenter family in Kyoto, and 141 items related to the Maps, Work sheds and Social systems are now available on the digital archives.
Some illustrations of Kosatsu-ba are included in the Nakai Collection. The Kosatsu-ba was a place where the public notice written on the wooden plates were posted and located at the west end of the Sanjo Ohashi Bridge in Kyoto during the Edo period.

Above left: a copy of public notice in 1966 (元禄十二卯年三條高札塲江御掛免相成候定書并寸法寫)
Below left: illustration of the Sanjo Ohashi Bridge (橋梁圖11)
Right: illustration of the kosatsu-ba, a public notice board (三條大橋高札塲繪圖)

 

The Kyoto Machikata Collection, newly released on the digital archive, is a collection of records from Shimomaruya-cho and Hasinishi 2-chome in Kyoto from the 1600s to 1800s, which tells today how the people lived.

“養子証文之事(伊三吉養子ニ付)”　Left: document, Right: cover paper

 

1,707 titles including Tanimura Collection, Nakanoin Collection and Hiramatsu Collection of in Main Library have been released.

Tsukushi nikki (筑紫日記 上下) is the diary of Imagawa Ryoshun (今川了俊, 1326-1420), a military commander and poet of Nanboku-cho (Northern and Southern Courts) period, transcribed by Matsuoka Gentatsu (松岡玄達, 1668-1746), a herbalist in Edo period. Matsuoka also left lot of annotations and ownership stamps in the diary.

“筑紫日記 上下” Above left: texts and annotations, Above right: cover, Below left: ownership stamps, Below right: 開口文(texts for a part of Noh chants)

 

Nakanoin Michimura nikki (中院通村日記) is the autograph diary of Nakanoin Michimura (中院通村, 1588-1653) for October, 1626.
Nakanoin Collection was formerly held by Michinori Nakanoin (1856-1925). The family's contribution to research in Japanese literature is acknowledged.
In particular, Michikatsu (1558-1610) and Michimura are renowned for their deep knowledge of Japanese literature, especially waka (31-syllable Japanese poetry).

“中院通村日記”

 

1,689 of 1,707 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.

 

118 titles of Sanskrit manuscripts and Ezo-related archives Ezochi ikken (蝦夷地一件) and Ezo byōgi (蝦夷廟議) held by the Graduate School of Letters have been newly released.

▼Graduate School of Letters

 

The Sanskrit manuscripts were collected in Nepal and brought back to Japan by Professor Ryozaburo SAKAKI (榊亮三郎, 1872-1946), the initiator of Sanskrit studies in Kyoto Imperial University.
The collection became relegated to the official possession of the Faculty of Letters in 1977, and then, on the occasion of the opening of the manuscripts to the public, A succinct catalogue of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the possession of the Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University compiled by Kiyotaka Goshima and Keiya Noguchi. Society for Indic and Buddhistic Studies, Kyoto University, 1983 was compiled. The descriptions of the catalogue have been cited in the “Note” section of metadata.

Saptaśatikâ Prajñâpâramitâ

 

Ezochi ikken (蝦夷地一件) was a collection of official documents from 1784 to 1790 concerning the Ezo issue in the Edo shogunate.
Of the seven original volumes, the Graduate School of Letters holds Vol.1-5 including the Vol.1 and Vol.4, which have been missing for a long time. (ref. 岩﨑奈緒子著『近世後期の世界認識と鎖国』)

“蝦夷地一件”　Left: Russian merchant and translator of Ezo man, Right: Katana sword

 

Ezo byōgi (蝦夷廟議) is a collection of official documents from the visit of Laxman, the first Russian envoy to Japan, in 1792.

“蝦夷廟議”

 

The Maintenance work was completed (2022/2/15 11:30) and the service has been restored.

Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive will suspend its service due to system maintenance for about 1 hour from 10:30am, February 15, 2022.
The service will be restored as soon as the maintenance work has been completed. 
Thank you for your understanding.

 

This trouble has been solved. (Feb. 14, 2022, 9.30 a.m.)

 

For some rare books, the link to the Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive is not displayed on the bibliography details screen of the KULINE.

Even if the link is not displayed, the digital images are available on the Digital Archive if the "Digital Image" field indicates "画像あり". Please access "Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive" and search the rare books directly.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Xi xia wen hua yan jing (西夏文華嚴經) is a Tangut translation of the Da fang guang fo hua yan jing (大方廣佛華嚴經). Of the 80 volumes, Kyoto University holds volumes 1-5 and 41 in the Graduate School of Letters, and volumes 6-10 and 36 in the Institute for Research in Humanities. Volumes 6-10 and 36 are available at the database 東方學デジタル圖書館, and volumes 1-5 and 41 are now available in the Rare Materials Digital Archive.

“西夏文華嚴經” volume 1

 

In addition, 10 titles of "Bankoku Jinbutsu zu (万国人物図)", held by the Main Library and the Graduate School of Letters are now available. The "Bankoku jnbutsu zu" is a generic term for illustrated books of ethnography published in the Edo period that depict the characteristics of people around the world. Shijūnikoku jinbutsu zusetsu (四十二国人物図説, Manuscripts from Konoe Collection) by Nisikawa Joken (西川如見), Kaigai jinbutsushū (海外人物輯), Kaigai shotō zusetsu kaisei (海外諸島圖説 改正), Gaiban yōbō zue (外蕃容貌圖画), and other titles were published. It show the changes of the worldviews in early modern Japan.

Left: Great Ming from “四十二国人物図説”
Center: Dutch ship from “異國人物帖”
Right: Dutch people from “異國人物帖”

 

Using Mirador, an IIIF viewer, you can view multiple images side by side.

Mirador (Left: “四十二国人物図説”, Right: “四十二國人物圖”)

 

Collection	Record ID	Title	Author	Call No
G.S. Letters	RB00033348	[西夏文華嚴經] (存5巻)		東洋史:CXIII/S/17/貴重
G.S. Letters	RB00033349	[西夏文華嚴經 卷41]		東洋史:CXIII/S/11/貴重
G.S. Letters	RB00033350	異國人物帖		地理:L3/436/貴重
G.S. Letters	RB00033351	外蕃容貌圖画	田川春道撰, 倉田東岳画	地理:J6/2
Main Library (Konoe Collection)	RB00008851	四十二国人物図説	西川忠英(如見, 求林斎, 淵梅軒)志	5-80/シ/1貴
Main Library (Muroga Collection)	RB00033341	世界萬國日本ヨリ海上里數国印王城人物圖		室賀/YG/19/2-24
Main Library (Muroga Collection)	RB00033344	畫本異國一覽 3巻	春光園花丸 [著]	室賀/G/87/和1
Main Library (Muroga Collection)	RB00033345	海外諸島圖説 改正 後集	蠖屈陳人 [撰], 柳川重信畫	室賀/GA/71/和2
Main Library (Non-rare Materials)	RB00033342	萬國人物盡	假名垣魯文譯, 一孟齋芳虎画	4-41/ハ/3
Main Library (Non-rare Materials)	RB00033343	萬國人物圖繪	魯文譯, 芳虎画	4-41/ハ/4
Main Library (Non-rare Materials)	RB00033346	四十二國人物圖		8-40/シ/1/巻別
Main Library (Non-rare Materials)	RB00033347	海外人物輯	永田南溪所藏, 一光齊畫	5-88/カ/6

 

As of February 4, 2022, the Digital Archive provides 1,669,087 images of 20,582 titles.

 

The Kyoto University Library Network was elected to the Executive Committee of IIIF Consortium.
The term of office is one year starting from January 2022.

The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) is a set of shared application programming interface (API) specifications for interoperable functionality in image-based resources hosted around the world.
IIIF Consortium manages the development of IIIF technologies and the growth of the community.

The Kyoto University Library Network joined IIIF Consortium in 2016, and released "Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive" compliant with IIIF in 2017.
With IIIF technologies, we expect that we can enhance the user experience of image presentation and image interoperability.

 

(Reference）
・Executive Committee Election Results
・IIIF
・Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive

 

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Six items held by the Graduate School of Law and Yoshida-South Library have been newly released.

“Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa” held by the Graduate School of Law is a former collection of Adam Smith. A bookticket is attached to each volume, and an autograph letter addressed by MacIntosh to Adam Smith is inserted in vol.1.
This book is a travelogue consisting of 72 letters, and appendix B contains an observations of Smith’s “An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.”

Left: bookticket / Center: autograph letter addressed to Adam Smith / Right: appendix B

 

Five items held by Yoshida-South Library are Chinese classic text of geography, astronomy and book series published in Ming dynasty.
“De tu zeng yao” (地圖綜要) was donated by Motoharu Fujita, a geographer and a professor at the Third Higher School.

地圖綜要

 

Library	Record ID	Title	Author	Call No
Yoshida-South Library	RB00033234	地圖綜要	(明)李釜源鑒定 ; (明)朱國達 [ほか] 編輯	三高貴重書(和):533//167/三高和
	RB00033235	雪廬讀史快編 60卷	(明)趙維寰節	三高貴重書(和):515//62/三高和
	RB00033236	治暦縁起 8巻	(明)徐光啓 [撰]	三高貴重書(和):640//157/三高和
	RB00033237	方輿勝畧 18巻外夷6巻首1巻	(明)程百二等輯	三高貴重書(和):533//57/三高和
	RB00033238	李氏叢書	(明)李贄	三高貴重書(和):010//8/三高和
G. S. Law	RB00033239	Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa : describing characters, customs, manners, laws, and productions of nature and art : containing various remarks on the political and commercial interests of Great Britain : and delineating, in particular, a new system for the government and improvement of the British settlements in the East Indies : begun in the year 1777, and finished in 1781	Macintosh, William and  Thomson, William	一般貴重書(洋):CIII||2||Mac

 

As of December 23, 2021, the Digital Archive provides 1,668,590 images of 20,570 titles.

 

Digital images of the materials held by the libraries of the Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University, publicized on the Internet are now freely reusable without application or fee.

▼Collection of Graduate Scool of Law

Please refer to "Guide for Content Reuse" of Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive for detail.

 

Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive will suspend its service due to system maintenance from 10:00am, December 13 2021. The service will be restored as soon as the maintenance work has been completed. Thank you for your understanding.