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The Chemistry Library,  Graduate School of Science will be closed during the following period due to interior renovations.

If you wish to use any materials during this period, please contact us by sending an email to chtosho[at]kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp. ([at]→@)

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Period of Closure (Tentative): Mon., Nov. 17, 2025 – Tue., Mar. 31, 2026

 

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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

The following libraries change some service measures to prevent spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) .
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Royal Society Journal Collection 1665-1996
https://royalsociety.org/journals/

We are pleased to announce that "Royal Society Journal Collection 1665-1996" has been added to our online collection as Special Collections in 2019 and 2020 (provided by Graduate School of Science).

The archive is a major resource for History of Science courses and also covers major works in Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Maths and the broad interdisciplinary studies for which the Royal Society journals are so well known. (Ref. : https://royalsociety.org/journals/librarians/subscribe/archive-purchasing/ )

Contents:
1. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)
2. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A (1887-1996)
Subject: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
3. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (1887-1996)
Subject: Biological Sciences
4. Proceedings of the Royal Society (1854-1905)

5. Proceedings of the Royal Society　A (1905-1996)
Subject: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Science
6. Proceedings of the Royal Society　B (1905-1996)
Subject: Biological Sciences
7. Philosophical Collections (1679-1682)
8. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1800-1843)
9. Abstracts of the Papers Communicated at the Royal Society (1843-1854)
10. Obituaries/Biographical Memoirs (1932-1996)
11. Notes and Records (1938-1996)

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Library Section, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
050tosho [at] mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Twenty one materials on natural history owned by the Biological Science Library, the Faculty of Science have been released. These are rare materials that cannot be found elsewhere, including fine botanical illustrations and manuscript research records.
 

▼The Age of Natural History
https://rmda.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/collection/nat-hist

Surveys of Japanese Plant specimens in several European Herbaria by G. Koidzumi

• Plantae Japonicae Thunbergianae (RB00031713)
• Plantae Japonicae Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi (RB00031841)
• Revisio Plantarum Japonicarum Musei Parisiensis (RB00031842)
• 在蘭佛日本植物範型考索引 (RB00031843)
• The revisions of the type specimens of Japanese plants preserved in the various herbariums of Europa and America (RB00031844)

Original drawings by T. Yamada for "Trees and shrubs indigenous in Japan proper, vol. 3" (searchable)

• 大日本樹木誌 巻之三 (RB00031714)

Natural History and Taxonomy related Books

• Flora Sibirica, sive historia plantarum Sibiriae, Tomus 1 (RB00031715)
• Fundamenta agrostographiae (RB00031716)
• Historiae Naturalis de Arboribus et Plantis (RB00031717)
• 壇朝顔通 (RB00031718)
• llustrations and descriptions of the plants which compose the natural order Camellieae, and of the varieties of Camellia japonica, cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain (RB00031719)
• llustrations of the Botany and Other Branches of the Natural History of the Himalayan Mountains, and of the Flora of Cashmere (RB00031720)
• Vierundzwanzig Vegetations-Ansichten von Kustenlandern und Inseln des Stillen Oceans (RB00031721)
• Hymenophyllaceae Javanicae; sive descriptio Hymenophyllacearum archipelagi Indici, Iconibus illustrata (RB00031722)
• A history of the British hydroid zoophytes. Vol. II.―Plates (RB00031723)
• Monographie der Medusen, Theil 2 (RB00031724)
• Hooker's Icones plantarum; or, figures with descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the Kew Herbarium. Fourth series. vol. 8 (RB00031725)
• Kunstformen der Natur, Zweite, versurzte Auflage in 30 Tafeln (RB00031726)
• A Monograph of the Snakes of Japan (RB00031727)
• 原色版 日本蛇類圖譜（和文テキスト）・（図版） (RB00031728)
• 原色版 日本蛇類圖説 (RB00031729)
   

The restoration and digitization of these rare materials were funded by the Global COE program "Formation of a strategic base for biodiversity and evolutionary research" from 2010 to 2012 and the digital data was publicized in the "Biological Science Library Digital Archives" website operated by the Faculty of Science. The data has this time been transferred to Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive, a university-wide platform to make digitized rare materials open access.

As of October 9, 2020, the Digital Archive provides 1,372,575 images of 17,663 titles.

 

Left & center: Illustrations of the Botany and Other Branches of the Natural History of the Himalayan Mountains, and of the Flora of Cashmere (RB00031720)
Right: 『大日本樹木誌 巻之三』 (RB00031714)

 

Thirteen architectural plans during the Edo Period from Nakai Collection held by Kyoto University Main Library have been newly digitized and released in Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive. The Digital Archive provides 1,333,705 images of 14,372 titles as of January 27, 2020.

Nakai Collection consists of the plans of Nijo Castle, Kyoto Imperial Palace, Shimogamo Shrine and other shrines and temples, concerning documents and maps passed down through the Nakai Family, the Tokugawa Government's master carpenter family in Kyoto. The newly released data is part of Bakufu-no-bu (幕府之部; Tokugawa Government) relating to Kyoto Shoshidai (京都所司代; Shogun's senior representative monitoring the Imperial Court in Kyoto), Kyoto Shugoshoku (京都守護職; military commissioner of Kyoto) and other Tokugawa Government offices.

“Keiou ganushidoshi hachigatsu shugoshoku oyakutaku kamiyashiki dekigata ezu tadashi yonbukei (慶応元丑年八月 守護職御役宅上屋舗出来形絵図 但四分計)” is an architectural plan of the entire residence of Kyoto Shugoshoku and includes the layout of the buildings and rooms as well as the details of their fittings. This rare material tells us the situations at the end of the Edo Period. Kyoto Shugoshoku is Tokugawa Government’s position newly established in 1862 to maintain the security of Kyoto, to which Katamori Matsudaira (1836-1893), Lord of the Aizu Clan, was appointed. He first placed the headquarters at Konkai Komyo-ji (金戒光明寺) in Higashiyama, and then the construction of the residence was started in 1863 and completed in 1865. The premises border Shinmachi-dori (新町通) to the East, Nishinotoin-dori (西洞院通) to the West, Shimotachiuri-dori (下立売通) to the South and Shimochojamachi-dori (下長者町通) to the North. There were barracks for Clan soldiers along each border. Kyoto Shugoshoku was abolished by Osei Fukko no Daigorei (王政復古の大号令; the Decree for the Restoration of Imperial Rule) just about two months after Taisei Hokan (大政奉還; Restoration of Imperial Rule) in 1868.

ID	TITLE		Call Number
RB00025176	所司代千本屋敷絵図	Shoshidai senbon yashiki ezu	中井家絵図・書類/36/1
RB00025177	所司代上御屋敷絵図	Shoshidai kamioyashiki ezu	中井家絵図・書類/36/2
RB00025178	所司代上御屋敷絵図	Shoshidai kamioyashiki ezu	中井家絵図・書類/36/3
RB00025179	享保六年丑十二月 所司代千本屋舗絵図 正扣	Kyouhou rokunen ushi juunigatsu shoshidai senbon yashiki ezu seihikae	中井家絵図・書類/37/1
RB00025180	京都所司代千本屋舗絵図	Kyoto shoshidai senbon yashiki ezu	中井家絵図・書類/37/2
RB00025181	二条御定番御屋敷建物麁絵図 惣建坪数六百八拾八坪	Nijou gojouban oyashiki tatemono soezu soutatetsubosuu roppyaku hachijuu hachi tsubo	中井家絵図・書類/38/1
RB00025182	慶応元丑年八月 守護職御役宅上屋舗出来形絵図 但四分計	Keiou ganushidoshi hachigatsu shugoshoku oyakutaku kamiyashiki dekigata ezu tadashi yonbukei	中井家絵図・書類/39/1
RB00025183	御目付小屋御普請小屋指図	Ometsuke goya gofushin goya sashizu	中井家絵図・書類/40/1
RB00025184	大津御蔵屋敷絵図控	Ootsu okurayashiki ezu hikae	中井家絵図・書類/40/2
RB00025185	西御役所絵図	Nishi oyakusho ezu	中井家絵図・書類/40/3
RB00025186	二条御城中/東大御番頭小屋絵図	Nijou gojouchuu/higashioogobangashira goya ezu	中井家絵図・書類/40/4
RB00025187	東御番衆小屋絵図	Higashi gobanshuu goya ezu	中井家絵図・書類/40/5
RB00025188	西御番頭小屋指図	Nishi gobantou goya sashizu	中井家絵図・書類/41/1

 

Thirteen titles of rare materials held by Kyoto University Main Library, the Graduate School of Letters and the Graduate School of Science have been digitized and released in Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive. The Digital Archive provides 1,333,705 images of 14,372 titles as of January 27, 2020.

Kyoto University Library Network is digitizing and releasing rare material held by Main Library and other libraries on campuses every year as part of the "Open Access Promotion Project". The newly released images the original materials of which are held by Main Library and the Graduate School of Science are available for users to copy, adapt or redistribute in any medium without application or fee, if their originals' holding libraries are indicated. Please refer to "Guide for Content Reuse" for more details.

Atlas der Pflanzengeographie über alle theile der Erde Graduate School of Science

ID	TITLE		AUTHOR	PUBLISHER	COLLECTION	CALL NUMBER
RB00012894	宗渕資料集	souen shiryoushuu			Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	1-21/ソ/1貴
RB00012931	宗鏡録 巻2,7,13,36,39	sugyouroku			Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	1-25/ス/1貴
RB00012961	七経孟子考文 32巻	shichikei moushi koubun	山井崑崙(鼎)著		Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	1-61/シ/1貴
RB00012962	唐開成石経	tou kaisei sekikyou	松崎明復(益城)撰		Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	1-61/ト/1貴
RB00012991	四書訓蒙輯疏 29巻	shisho kunmou shuuso	安部井?(芝浦)		Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	1-66/シ/1貴
RB00013011	荀子 20巻	junshi	荀况著		Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	1-68/シ/1貴
RB00013017	小学本註摘解補 24巻(巻17欠)	shougaku honchuu tekikai ho	石井文衷著・筒井忠英補		Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	1-69/シ/1貴
RB00013019	退渓先生文集 49巻,別集 外集各1巻	taikei sensei bunshuu	李退渓(1501-1570)撰		Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	1-69/タ/1貴
RB00013020	退陶先生言行通録 8巻	taitou sensei genkoutsuuroku			Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	1-69/タ/2貴
RB00013021	伝習録 2巻	denshuuroku			Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	1-69/テ/1貴
RB00013026	陽明文録 10巻(別録1冊含む)	youmei bunroku			Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	1-69/ヨ/1貴
RB00013027	山鹿語類 45巻	yamaga gorui	山鹿素行(1622-1685)著		Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	1-81/ヤ/1貴
RB00013038	清律例彙纂 24巻(巻5欠)	shinritsu reiisan			Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	2-04/シ/1貴
RB00013045	貞観政要註解 10巻	joukan seiyou chuukai			Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	2-42/シ/4貴
RB00013668	古文奇賞 22巻目録1巻	kobun kishou	(明)陳仁錫選評		Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	4-02/コ/12 貴
RB00013669	古文奇賞 22巻	kobun kishou	(明)陳仁錫選評		Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	4-02/コ/13 貴
RB00013670	続古文奇賞 34巻	zoku kobun kishou	(明)陳仁錫選評		Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	4-02/コ/13 貴
RB00013671	新刊名世文宗 30巻	shinkan meisei bunsou	(明)胡時化編		Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	4-02/メ/5 貴
RB00013288	大三川志(稿本) 100巻	daimikawashi			Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	5-11/タ/1貴
RB00013294	識古編	shikikohen	金原安修著		Main Library 一般貴重書(和)	5-18/シ/1貴
RB00029670	混弌疆理歴代國都之圖	kun yi jiang li li dai guo du zhi tu		[京都] : [京都帝國大學文學部地理學研究室] [写] , [1910]	GS Letters	地理研:L1/755/貴重
RB00029671	[甘肅伊犂圖]	gan su yi li tu		[製作地不明] : [製作者不明] , [1---]	GS Letters	地理研:K7/54/貴重
RB00029672	伊犂圖	yi li tu		[製作地不明] : [製作者不明] , [1---]	GS Letters	地理研:K7/19/貴重
RB00029650	Theorie de la terre. 2nd ed., corr., et augm. d'une Mineralogie		par Jean-Claude Delametherie	Paris : Maradan , 1797	GS Science	理学部中央図書室:貴/1/75-1～5
RB00029651	Zoonomia; or, The laws of organic life. 3rd ed., corrected		by Erasmus Darwin	London : J. Johnson , 1801	GS Science	理学研究科生物科学図書室:白上文庫/31～34
RB00029652	Die Histochemischen und Physiologischen Arbeiten		Friedrich Miescher	Leipzig : Vogel , 1897	GS Science	理学研究科生物科学図書室:白上文庫/38
RB00029653	Das Genus myzostoma (F. S. Leuckart)		Ludwig Graff	Leiozig : Engelmann , 1877	GS Science	理学研究科生物科学図書室:XL/1264/3
RB00029654	Rhabdocoelida		von L. v. Graff	Leipzig : Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann , 1882	GS Science	理学研究科生物科学図書室:XL/1264/1～2
RB00029655	Atlas der Pflanzengeographie uber alle theile der Erde. Zweite Auflage		von Ludwig Rudolph	Berlin : Nicholaische Verlagsbuchhandlung , 1864	GS Science	理学研究科生物科学図書室:XL/1232/14
RB00029656	Voyages du professeur Pallas, dans plusieurs provinces de l'Empire de Russie et dans l'Asie septentrionale. Nouvelle ed. / revue et enrichie de notes par les C.C. Lamarck ..., Langles …		traduits de l'allemand par le C. Gauthier de la Peyronie	A Paris : Chez Maradan, libraire , l'an II de la Republique [1793 or 1794]	GS Science	理学研究科生物科学図書室:XL/1231/21
RB00029657	Atlas zur Entwickelungsgeschichte der Unke (Bombinator igneus) als Grundlage einer verglichenden Morphologie der Wirbelthiere		von Alexander Goette	Leipzig : Verlag von Leopold Voss , 1874	GS Science	理学研究科生物科学図書室:XL/1265/1

 

Kyoto University's rare materials are now searchable on WorldCat, the world's most comprehensive database of information about library collections delivered by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center, Inc.).

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Click [Access online] and you can see the search result of Kyoto University OPAC KULINE, which leads you to digital images in Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive.

Kyoto University Library Network is promoting the digitization of rare primary sources Kyoto University holds and their dissemination on the Internet so that the World can easily find them.

 

A new collection "Mathematics in Classics (Dep. Math.)" of 592 books has been released. This collection consists of books on Wasan, or Japanese mathematics, including astronomy, Chinese classics, as well as Western mathematics held by the Department of Mathematics, Mathematics Library, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University.

▼Mathematics in Classics (Dep. Math.)

Wasan, or Japanese mathematics, developed in Japan independently from the Western mathematics, through the Edo Period and the Meiji Era. It has fostered many math enthusiasts among general Japanese people and a custom called Sangaku hono (算額奉納), dedication of Ema (votive picture of a horse) to shrines when difficult problems were solved, became popular. The collection includes Jinko-ki (塵劫記), an introductory book that triggered enthusiasm in mathematics among Japanese people, and Katsuyo Sanpo (括要算法), a posthumous collection of Seki Takakazu's works.

Many books that have played significant roles in the progress of Western mathematics are also available: Euclid's Elementorum, Apollonius’s Conicorum, and Diophantus’s Arithmeticorum (our holding is the same edition as the one on which Fermat wrote the famous "Last Theorem" in the margin). Anyone who is interested in mathematics can enjoy the development of mathematics through these books.

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