The 2nd NIJL/EAJRS Kotenseki online Seminar will be held on 18 October. This year's theme is pre-modern Buddhist works. All interested individuals are welcome to attend.
For your information: Last year's Seminar, which examined how to read the characters engraved on seals which found in pre-modern Japanese books, can be viewed here.
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昨年に引き続きNIJL/EAJRS Kotenseki online Seminarを10月18日に開催します。今年のテーマは、仏書です。興味のある方の参加をお待ちしています。
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to inform you of the service that will begin in April 2024.
In the Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries (hereafter referred to as "the Service"), Patrons at partner libraries subscribing to the Service can browse provide nearly 1.8 million digitized contents including books, periodicals, rare books and old materials.
The 19th Forum on the Collaborative Reference Database Project
This year's NACIRA conference will be held on Zoom at 13:00-16:30 UTC on Tuesday 6 Dec.
Asian Plants and Animals:
Studying Asian Flora and Fauna in UK Heritage Collections.
Please register online on the NACIRA website.
Programme
‘Exquisite Patterns: Japanese Textile Design Books’ film is now available on the BLPlayer at:
https://www.bl.uk/british-library-player/videos/exquisite-patterns
The video showcases the British Library’s collection of kimono pattern and design books. It displays the variety and vibrancy of these works, from their origins in the mid-17th century until the early 20th century.
Dear Colleagues,
The British Library is delighted to announce a new FutureLearn course entitled Travel Books: History in Europe and Japan which will run from 27 June 2022 for 3 weeks. The course looks at how books travelled between Japan and Europe from the 16th century and how this promoted cultural exchange and influenced individuals and society.
The course is a collaboration between Keio University and the British Library, featuring experts and treasures from both institutions.
2021 marks the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the conclusion of a treaty of amity, commerce and navigation between Prussia and Japan in 1861. Due to the pandemic the jubilee of “160 years of German-Japanese relations” could neither attract much attention nor be celebrated accordingly. Nevertheless the Specialised Information Service Asia (FID Asien) of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin-PK (SBB-PK) would like to present at the end of the anniversary year its virtual contribution by the release of two thematic portals on its platform CrossAsia (crossasia.org).