2021

Seminar 
Introduction to Premodern Japanese Books for Art Historical Research

Day 1: Monday 15th March

• Overview of the History of the Book in Japan  
• Main Types of Book Binding
• Book Format Conversion
• History of Printing in Japan (Temple Prints and Gozan-ban)
• The Relationship between Manuscripts and Prints

Day 2: Tuesday 16th March

The NDL will hold a web event introducing the NDL Digital Collections and the Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries on March 4 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. JST.
Guest speakers from different libraries will talk about the use of the service at their libraries. A discussion of the service will follow.

This event will be held in Japanese and broadcast via Cisco Webex events.

To register, please send an email to digi-soshin@ndl.go.jp no later than noontime JST on February 26.

Japan Search is a national platform for aggregating metadata from digital resources on a wide variety of subjects.
Operated by the NDL, Japan Search incorporates functionality to promote the use of digital content.

The NDL will hold a web event introducing the use of this functionality on March 3 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. JST.
Following an explanation of the functionality by an NDL employee, guest speakers will discuss how to use Japan Search in education, research, and community activities.

Open Access Publishing in Asian Studies

Register for the Open Access Publishing in Asian Studies event and learn more about the rich tradition of Asian Studies scholarship and publishing at the University of Michigan.

Friday, February 26, 1-5 p.m. ET (US) | Free Zoom event, registration required

Recording will be available. Please register if you wish to receive the notice when the recording becomes available.

U-M Press has Open books in Japanese Studies

The 2021 online Kuzushiji workshop is now accepting applications. If you have any questions about the workshop you can contact Mr. Akira Hirano of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures directly: a.hirano@sainsbury-institute.org 

Details of the workshop

Application form

We are pleased to announce that we are preparing to hold the NIJL/EAJRS Kuzushiji Workshop in online format in the spring of 2021. As this Workshop series has never been held in online, we are having rigorous discussion with NIJL to be able to deliver the most effective means of the workshop in these pandemic circumstances. Detailed information such as the schedule, contents, and method of the workshop will be notified when we reach a final decision by early 2021.