Materials & Services for Japanese Art History / UB Asien-Orient

Materials

Materials in the Japanese collection at the University library

• Japanese Collection in UB Asien-Orient (Print & Online)
• Collection of the East Asian Art History in UB Art History (Print & Online)

Japanese Collection in UB Asien-Orient

• Print media about Japanese Art History or exhibition catalogues
• E-Media (licenced for the campus)

Print media - Monographs

• Monographs
  • Exhibition catalogues
  • Source materials like illuslated books, Manga (Original language) & Games
  • Academic publication (mainly in Japanese)
  • Few rare books

-> Please also check shelfnumber system of the Japanese collection

Print media - Journals

• Journals
  • Japanese journals from museums

E-Media

• Monographs

  • E-books on the platform KinoDen

• E-Journals

  • 風俗画報 (Fūzoku Gahō) on the platform JapanKnowledge
  • 美術新報 (Bijutsu Shinpō) on the platform JapanKnowledge

Services

Ordering books or e-contents

• Ordering Japanese books for the library

Resource directory

I'm creating a (online) resource directory for Japanese research.
There is many free research tools such as

• 蔵書印データベース検索システム,
• AI篆字認識(AI search for zoshoin), or
• Cultural Japan.

If you have questions about such online tools, please ask me!

Other Services

• Helping Datamanagement
• Support for Programming, Softwares, and themes in Digital Humanities
• Organize gaming events

Gaming event example (in planning for 2025)

Thank you for your attention!