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Kyoto University Library Network has made the digital images of all the materials of Fujikawa Collection, its rare collection in the field of medicine, open to the public in the digital archive.

1,924 newly digitized titles, including 1,647 titles from Fujikawa Collection, are now available in Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive, in which a total of 900,314 images of 10,362 titles are available as of April 26, 2018.

2,460 newly digitized titles during academic year 2017 - 1,114 titles from Fujikawa Collection, 1,328 titles from Kawai Collection and others - are now available in Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive, in which a total of 717,532 images of 8,438 titles are available as of March 30, 2018.

Among plans and other documents of Nakai Collection, 249 items regarding Nijo Castle were digitized and publicized in the digital archive under the joint project with Kyoto City in academic year 2017. The investigation of the materials to compile bibliographic data was conducted by Nijo Castle Office of Kyoto City and researchers of Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University and Kyoto University Museum, while Kyoto University Library created the digital images of the materials and publicized them on February 27, 2018.

The outlines and illustrations of Otogi zoshi are now available in the digital archive.
Please enjoy the stories with the images of the beautifully colored illustrations digitized from our rare materials.

One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one titles of rare materials, including 996 titles of Kawai Collection, Meiji Restoration Collection, Fujikawa Collection and Hiramatsu Collection, have been newly publicized in Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive, in which a total of 5,570 titles are available as of today.

Digital images of the materials held by the Main Library of Kyoto University publicized on the Internet are freely reusable starting December 1, 2017. No application or fee is required.
Please refer to "Guide for Content Reuse" for detail.

Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive formally started its service on December 1, 2017. This archive, compatible with the International Image Interoperability Framework, IIIF, provides access to more than 3,700 titles of digitized materials.

The architectural drawings of four well-known masterpieces by Josiah Conder, are now available in high definition images in Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive.

Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive (test version), which is compliant with the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF), has been released.