Links to references

: 佐賀大学附属図書館 貴重書コレクション

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: 東北大学附属図書館デジタルコレクション

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The Tohoku University Library Digital Collection is a cross search gateway for the library’s digitised collections, all of which include either rare books or historical documents collections. A description of each database is provided on the ‘Database list’ page

: WDL

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The World Digital Library is a collaborative project aiming to provide primary materials from all countries and cultures. In terms of Japanese materials, this library offers materials mainly from the pre-modern period such as: maps, Buddhist canons, fine arts, literature, natural history, and historical documents. The main contributors are Library of Congress (US) and the National Diet Library of Japan

: 慶應義塾大学メディアセンターデジタルコレクション

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The Digital Collection features high-resolution images of our special collections. In addition to the images of Yukichi Fukuzawa's works and the incunabula collection that were previously available, the new site will feature the entire the Gutenberg 42-line Bible and the Nara Ehon and Emaki collection. Also, Seiichiro Takahashi's Ukiyo-e collection can now be viewed in high resolution.

: デジタルシルクロードプロジェクト

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The Digital Silk Road Project, a joint project of Toyo Bunko and the National Institute of Informatics, is a project aiming to digitise materials connected to the Silk Road. The materials are from the holdings of Toyo Bunko, and in particular from the Morrison Collection, a large collection focused on Asian studies. It includes expedition records, academic studies, historical records, photographs, and maps. It also provides full-text searching

: アラビア語舄本ダイバーズコレクションデータベース

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The Daiber Collection Database is a collection of Arabic manuscripts on Islam collected by Professor Hans Daiber. This database offers a description of each manuscript and image. Images of each manuscript can be seen by clicking ‘画像’ next to the number of the manuscript in question.

: 漢籍善本全映像資料庫

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The Digital Library of Classical Chinese Materials, Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, provides descriptions and digitised images of 4630 rare Classical Chinese works of the institute holdings (as of March 2009). Only the first page of materials is offered in colour