news

The Kiheitai Nikki (奇兵隊日記) is a record of the activities of the Kiheitai, founded by Takasugi Shinsaku at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. The Kiheitai Nikki consists of 27 volumes of bound records, which were already available on this site, and 49 plates of maps. As of March 31, 2022, the Digital Archive provides 1,872,197 images of 23,250 titles.

Nakai Collection consists of about 2,500 materials passed down through the Nakai family, the Tokugawa Government's master carpenter family in Kyoto, and 141 items related to the Maps, Work sheds and Social systems are now available on the digital archives. The Kyoto Machikata Collection, newly released on the digital archive, is a collection of records from Shimomaruya-cho and Hasinishi 2-chome in Kyoto from the 1600s to 1800s.

1,707 titles including Tanimura Collection, Nakanoin Collection and Hiramatsu Collection of in Main Library have been released.

118 titles of Sanskrit manuscripts and Ezo-related archives Ezochi ikken (蝦夷地一件) and Ezo byōgi (蝦夷廟議) held by the Graduate School of Letters have been newly released.

12titles including 西夏文華嚴經 and 万国人物図 have been newly released. "Xi xia wen hua yan jing (西夏文華嚴經)" is a Tangut translation of the "Da fang guang fo hua yan jing (大方廣佛華嚴經)". The "Bankoku Jinbutsu zu (万国人物図)" is a generic term for illustrated books of ethnography published in the Edo period that depict the characteristics of people around the world.

The Kyoto University Library Network was elected to the Executive Committee of IIIF Consortium. The term of office is one year starting from January 2022.

Six items held by the Graduate School of Law and Yoshida-South Library have been newly released. “Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa” held by the Graduate School of Law is a former collection of Adam Smith. Five items held by Yoshida-South Library are Chinese classic text of geography, astronomy and book series published in Ming dynasty.

Digital images of the materials held by the libraries of the Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University, publicized on the Internet are now freely reusable without application or fee.

Open Access Week is a global, community-driven week of action to open up access to research. During the Open Access week 2021 (October 25-31), Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides some special contents.

"Amabie, the Youkai of the Epidemic Dispersal" won the 52nd Seiun Award Free Category. On behalf of Amabie, the Kyoto University Main Library, which holds the image of Amabie (“肥後国海中の怪”), received the Seiun Award certificate and supplementary prize.