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Kitaro Nishida's donated books in memory of his deceased son are now available in Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive. 

Kitaro Nishida was one of Japan's leading philosophers, but in his personal life he suffered repeated deaths and illnesses in his family.
In June 1920, his eldest son, Ken, who was about to graduate from the Third Higher School, died suddenly of peritonitis at the age of 23. In November 1920, Nishida donated six titles of philosophy books to the library of the Third Higher School (currently Yoshida-South Library of Kyoto University), with the words “In memory of my late son Ken” written in India ink.
Three of the books have photos of Ken in his high school uniform and six tanka poems written by Nishida. These tanka poems honestly express Nishida's deep grief over the loss of his beloved child.

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The donated books were used as general books at the time, but are now designated as rare books. Nishida probably hoped that the books with his son's name on them would be preserved in the library of his alma mater for a long time, so that many people could see them. These books express the greatest sorrow of the philosopher who said, “The motive of philosophy must be the grief of life, rather than 'surprise.'”

As of November 13, 2024, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 2,154,091 images of 25,510 titles.
(In this digitization, only the written parts were digitized, not the full texts.)

*Reference
Kyoto School Archive. (2024, November 13) Site of Kitaro Nishida's ‘Philosophy of Grief.’

Period: November 18th (Monday) to early February 2025

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On October 1, Kyoto University Library Network has started offering unlimited simultaneous access to 70 e-books of Kodansha, including Blue Backs, Kodansha Gendai Shinsho, and Kodansha Gakujutsu Bunko, which are frequently used.
Please take advantage of this opportunity.

Platform : KinoDen
Title lists : Recommended Kodansya books available on your smart phone (KULINE Tag)
How to use : Please refer to "How to use e-resources" 

Notes:
The e-books are for on-screen viewing only and cannot be printed or downloaded.
Titles may be changed periodically.

Katsura library, Yoshida-south Library and Main Library are holding an e-book fair in each library.
Please stop by.

Katsura Library  :  [Katsura Library] Special Exhibition: KinoDen e-book fair―Recommended Kodansha books available on your smart phone―　(update:11/15)
Yoshida-South Library : Let's read e-books! Campaign Part 2!　（Japanese only)

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Date : October 7th, 2024
Place : 1F Library Commons at Yoshida-South Library (map)
Instructors : Yuki Sasaki and Ayaka Sato

TimeTable:

16:50 - Registration
17:00-17:05 - Introduction of the speakers
17:05-17:20 - Presentation: The Journal of the "Jinshin-kai" and  Kyoshi Takahama by Mr. Sasaki
17:20-18:20 - Haiku Workshop led by Ms.Sato
18:20-18:30 - Q&A session

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Ayaka Sato（さとうあやか／Poet）

Yuki Sasaki（ささきゆうき／Program-Specific Associate Professor at Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences）

Application deadline：  September 30th, 2024　【Maximum capacity is 20 people】

How to reserve：Googleform

Note：Priority will be given to those who have made a reservation in advance. (Maximum capacity: 20 people)

【Contact】
Yoshida-South Library, Kyoto University
TEL:075-753-6525,6524
a30yslib(at)mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp　　*Please replace "(at)" with "@".

As the typhoon is approaching the Kansai area,  Yoshida-South Library will be closed on August 31st.

Please note that there is a possibility that YSL will also be closed on Friday, August 30th.
Please check our website, and social media"X", or contact us by phone to confirm the library's status.

I appreciate your cooperation.

Main Library and Yoshida-South Library will hold the long term loan for summer holiday.
* Journals are not included.

 Periods

Main Library

• Open-shelf books: July 23 (Tue.) - September 23 (Mon.), 2024
• Stack room books: July 6 (Sat.) - September 7 (Sat.), 2024

Yoshida-South Library

• Books: July 23 (Tue.) - September 7 (Sat.), 2024
  * Faculty and Staff: Open-shelf only

 Due date

October 8 (Tue.), 2024

 Note

You are able to renew books were borrowed by long term loan for summer holiday after the periods.

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 Poster(PDF)

Yoshida-South Library launch the "Thesis writing support campaign".
The campaign will include an online guidance session on how to collect useful materials for reports and theses, an introduction to our library, which summarises our library services, an exhibition of a list of books useful for writing theses and dissertations, and an exhibition of actual theses written by senior students.
In addition, we have planned a hybrid workshop about graduation theses and dissertations with seniors.

【Guidance Session】"Online guidance session on how to collect useful materials for reports and theses"
Place: Online(Zoom)
Date: Jul. 3rd 12:30-
Jul. 4th 12:30-
Application Form

【Work Shop】"Hybrid workshop about graduation theses and dissertations with seniors"
Place: Yoshida-South Library / Online(Zoom)
Date: Jul. 8th 12:30-13:30
Application Form

【Exhibition】"Yohisa-South Library NEWS"
【Exhibition】"Actual theses written by senior students"
【Exhibition】"List of books useful for writing theses and dissertations"

Contact
Yoshida-South Library
TEL: 075-753-6525,6524
a30yslib(at)mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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