Welcome to Kaleidoscope of Books!

Kaleidoscope of Books digital exhibitions feature articles on a variety of topics and serve as an invitation to visit the world of the National Diet Library (NDL)'s collections.
We hope you will enjoy our content as both casual reading material and a starting point for your own research.

List of Contents

• Harping about the harp: the Japanese koto and koto music

  The koto has long been one of Japan’s best-loved traditional musical instruments. This article describes some of the materials at the NDL related to the koto and its music.

• The Dawn of Modern Japanese Architecture
• Japan in Africa, Africa in Japan - Exchanges of Culture and People
• Parties under the Cherry Blossoms in Edo
• Japanese Go
  —a board game of white and black stones
• WAGASHI
• The World of Hot Springs Spread from Books
• A Historical Tour of Department Stores in Japan: The Joy of Browsing, The Thrill of Buying
• Expressing romance in words: the world of love letters
• The Lost Tokyo Olympics of 1940
• The Senrigan Affair and Its Time Period
• Famous Places, People, and Social Customs on Paper-Sugoroku Board Games from the Edo Period
• Infectious Diseases in Books