UBC Japanese Library Resources Blog

Here are some of the titles that we recently acquired at Asian Library:

Fine Arts
Nihon ayatsuri ningyoshi (日本操り人形史)
Rinpa (琳派)

Language
Shigoto no Nihongo (しごとの日本語)
Watakushitachi to keigo (私たちと敬語)

Literature
1Q84 by MURAKAMI Haruki (1Q84 / 村上春樹)
Ise monogatari: sozo to henyo (伊勢物語 : 創造と変容)
Yumeno Kyusaku (夢野久作)

Religious Studies
Tendaishu zensho (天台宗全書)

History
Kibi dango (驥尾團子)
Mangaban Nihon no rekishi (漫画版日本の歴史)

DVDs
Kyoto Gionmatsuri (京都祗園祭)
Gekido no kiroku (激怒の記録)
Dokyumento Taiheiyo Senso (ドキュメント太平洋戦争)
Nihongo de kuraso (にほんごでくらそう)
Nishi no Majo ga shinda (西の魔女が死んだ)
Maiko haaaan!!! (舞妓 haaaan!!!)

Until the end of March 2010, our Asahi Shinbun‘s Kikuzo Visual II database will include pdf images of the paper’s shukusatsuban small print editions published between 1926 and 1945.

Instructions on accessing the archive:
1) log onto into your VPN and access Kikuzo via the information page
2) choose the 朝日新聞縮刷版 (Asahi Shinbun shukusatsuban) tab
3) 1926-1945 should be pre-selected

Please e-mail me if you have any feedback regarding this resource.