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41 titles of rare materials held by the Main Library, including "大般若波羅蜜多経" from the Tanimura Collection and "正倉院東大寺宝図", 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.

Five of oriental maps and star charts held by the Graduate School of Letters and Science have been newly released.

212 from Zokyo Shoin Collection have been newly digitized and released. As of March 6, 2023, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 1,990,803 images of 23,941 titles.

Images of 1,029 items from Nakanoin Collection, Tanimura Collection and other rare materials held by Main Library were provided for the Database of Pre-Modern Japanese Works produced by the National Institute of Japanese Literature.

Suruga Date Documents (Medieval) have been newly released by a joint project with Princeton University. Many are from the Ashikaga shoguns, or protectors (shugo) and high-ranking officials. As of June 30, 2022, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 1,928,514 images of 23,729 titles.

Four hundred and seventeen titles from the Daiso-bon collection held by the Main Library have been newly digitized and released. Most of the items are the Maruhon (丸本) that contain entire lyrics of the Jōruri play.

Gosan shichiya shidai oboe (御産七夜次第覚) from the Nakanoin Collection is an autograph document by Nakanoin Michimura (中院通村), and is a memorandum on birth rituals at the Imperial Court. Ikoku monogatari (異國物語) and Ehon ikoku ichiran (繪本異國一覽) are illustrated books of ethnography published in the Edo period that depict the characteristics of people around the world.

Three Illustrated Kabuki play books, Kitsunegawa Ima Sesshōseki (狐川今殺生石), Tanba Yosaku (丹波与作) and Ryōshū Renri no Matsu (兩州連理の松), held by the Graduate School of Letters have been newly released. Illustrated Kabuki play book is an illustrated book published in the Edo period that contains outlines of Kabuki plays. As of June 1, 2022, the Digital Archive provides 1,872,564 images of 23,253 titles.

Online exhibition "Kyoto University 125th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition of Rare Materials from the Main Library: Picture Story" introduces six items with explanations, summaries, and points of interest. A chronological table of past exhibitions is also available.