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From April 1, 2023, the following measures will be taken to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus at The North Library, Eng. and the South Library, Eng..

*For details, please refer to "[Yoshida 2 Libraries]The change of service measures to prevent spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)"

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• Wearing a mask is an individual decision. Staff will continue to wear masks.
• Please continue to take infection prevention measures such as hand washing and hand sanitizing.
• Please refrain from entering if you are not feeling well (Those with symptoms such as fever, cough, sneezing or malaise.).
• We have items that you can disinfect yourself, so please use them before using the reading area.
• Readings of student ID cards and IC identification cards performed at the counter.
• We cleared the seat of suspension. All reading seats (North Library 16 seats, South Library 46 seats) are available.
• We will do away with the time limit for people outside the university (Includes alumni, retired faculty and staff). For more information, go to "Service Guide for non-KU users."

Check out, Return 

• We will continue the "Place a Hold Service" for materials.
• Please continue to use the "Place a Hold Service" for materials in the South Library of Engineering's archives, which will be cashiered by staff.
• It is still possible to return items by mail or courier (with out-of-pocket shipping).

Copy of Library Materials

• We will continue to provide free bibliographic copies of banned materials (Magazines, reference books, etc.) using the EDDS service for students on campus.

Contact

The North Library
E-mail：090snorthlib [at] mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

The South Library
E-mail：090ssouthlib [at] mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

From April 1, 2023, the following measures will be taken to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus at the Katsura Library.

*For details, please refer to "[Katsura Library]The change of service measures to prevent spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)"

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• Wearing a mask is an individual decision. Staff will continue to wear masks.
• Please continue to take infection prevention measures such as hand washing and hand sanitizing.
• Please refrain from entering if you are not feeling well (Those with symptoms such as fever, cough, sneezing or malaise.).
• We have items that you can disinfect yourself, so please use them before using the reading area.
• Readings of student ID cards and IC identification cards performed at the counter on the second floor will not be required when leaving the building. Please read only when entering.
• We will do away with the time limit for people outside the university (Includes alumni, retired faculty and staff). For more information, go to "Service Guide for non-KU users."

Check out, Return 

• We will continue the "Place a Hold Service" for materials.
• It is still possible to return items by mail or courier (with out-of-pocket shipping).

Copy of Library Materials

• We will continue to provide free bibliographic copies of banned materials (Magazines, reference books, etc.) using the EDDS service for students on campus.

Group Study Rooms

• In addition to individual use for online lectures and meetings with speech, group work (up to 10 people with movable walls removed) is possible. Please apply through the reservation form.
• Katsura Library Group Study Room Reservation Application Form(KU member Only)

Contact

Katsura Library, Kyoto University

090stosho[at]mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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

 

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