No. 148, April 2006 | National Diet Library

National Diet Library Newsletter

No. 148, April 2006

67,000 volumes added to the Digital Library
from the Meiji Era

Digital Library Division, Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library

This is a translation of the article of the same title in the NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 540 (April 2006).

Digital images of 50,000 titles (approximately 67,000 volumes) of books published in the Meiji era (1868-1911) were added to the Digital Library from the Meiji Era (http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/) on April 4, 2006. The main part of this addition is the books for which we obtained compulsory copyright release from the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs in January 2006 because their copyright status was uncertain.

Digital Library from the Meiji Era new page

As a result, 89,000 titles (approximately 127,000 volumes) are available, accounting for 75% of the 170,000 volumes published in the Meiji era and held by the National Diet Library.

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At the same time, we changed the page design, image format, and image viewer to enhance usability.

Please visit the new Digital Library from the Meiji Era site and use it!

related article

<Major works>
*Underline are the authors for which we have obtained compulsory copyright release from the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs this time.

Kosai nikki (Diary written during the journey to the West)
Author: Eiichi Shibusawa, Aito Sugiura
Date: 1871
NDL call no: YDM68819
kosainikki

Tegaru seiyo ryori (Easy cooking book of western dishes)
Author: Clara Whitney, Sen Tsuda, Kin Sarashiro
Date: 1885
NDL call no: YDM300269

tegaru seiyo ryori

Eikoku rondon gekijo miyage (Souvenirs of theaters in London)
Author: Kairakutei Burakku, Fukushima Shoroku
Date: 1891
NDL call no: YDM97953

eikoku rondon gekijo miyage

Kawakami Otojiro Sadayakko man-yu ki (Kawakami Otojiro & Sadayakko's travels)
Author: Kanao Tanejiro, Shuho
Date: 1901
NDL call no: YDM74805

kawakami otojiro sadayakko man-yu ki

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