kotenseki

The National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL) and European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists (EAJRS) would like to invite you to the newly inaugurate Kotenseki Seminar. This seminar series covers various topics related to Japanese pre-modern materials. The online lectures will be given by a researcher from NIJL in Japanese. No English translation will be given.

The National Institute of Japanese Literature plans to integrate the "Union Catalogue of Early Japanese Books" and the "Database of Pre-Modern Japanese Works" to provide the new "Union Catalogue Database of Japanese Texts”.

Release date: March 1, 2023 (planned)
Name: Union Catalogue Database of Japanese Texts
URL: https://kokusho.nijl.ac.jp

See here for more details

Art and Commerce at Play: The Illustrated Book of Early Modern Japan' with Dr Ellis Tinios

7-8pm, Thursday 10 March 2022
Free event open to all. Hosted online via Zoom Webinars – BOOK HERE

Japanese books in 17th century England, with Professor Peter Kornicki

7-8pm, Thursday 3 February 2022

Free event open to all. Hosted online via Zoom Webinars – BOOK HERE

1. "Materials Workshop": Session I
This is a new workshop series for researchers who are interested in Japanese antiquarian materials. 

2. Kotenseki seminars 
These seminars were held outside of Japan mainly targeted to post graduate students. From this webpage, some of the slides used at the seminars can be accessible. 

The National Library of Finland has two Japanese special collections. In addition, the library’s basic collections also have Japanese books or books in Japanese. Until now, the Japonica collection and the Buddhist collection have only been catalogued on paper, and it has not been possible to access them in electronic search services.

Prof Tsuda Mayumi (Keio University) has organized an online symposium in conjunction with the next conference of the Japanese Early Modern Literature Asssociation. The theme might be of interest to some of you: デジタル時代の和本リテラシー古典文学研究と教育の未来.

Date: 2021年6月12日（土）13：30～15：40

Please find all information on the dedicated website: http://www.kinseibungakukai.com/2021haru_symposium/

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

We would like to alert you to the following webinar series organized by UCLA Library, starting October 20, 2020. Detailed information and dates can be found following the link below:
 
Japanese Studies and Rare Materials