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

Two rare materials belonging to the Graduate School of Letters have been digitized and released in the Digital Archive: Da ming sheng tu (大明省圖) and Shuo wen jie zi xi zhuan (説文解字繋傳 40卷). As of October 1, 2020, the Digital Archive provides 1,365,858 images of 17,642 titles.

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Starting July 6, KULINE's and Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive's metadata are searchable through NDL Search, which search result directly brings you to the Digital Archive site to see our images.

Digital images of a map and a drawing owned by the Kyoto University Museum have been released in Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive. As of June 17, 2020, the Digital Archive provides 1,365,123 images of 17,640 titles.

Kyoto University and Princeton University initiated a joint project in March 2020 in order to deepen the knowledge and awareness of Japanese history and culture throughout the world. The first collection under the project, Tannowa Document, is now available in Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive.

The Graduate School of Letters of Kyoto University and the Kyoto University Museum have been carrying out the restoration and digitization of an important cultural property Dainihonshi hensan kiroku held by the Graduate School of Letters since academic year 2018. One thousand five hundred six images of the restored volumes 6-10, 21-50 are now available in Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive. As of March 27, 2020, the Digital Archive provides 1,365,106 images of 17,638 titles.

A total of 289 items – 278 items from Nakanoin Collection and 11 items from Konoe Collection held by the Main Library – have been newly digitized and released. Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 1,363,600 images of 17,638 titles as of March 19, 2020.

1848 items of “Asia depicted on Postcards” donated to the Main Library have been released.