Feb 03 2012

New SNKBZ Title on JapanKnowledge

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Shinpen Nihon koten bungaku zenshu pictureJapanKnowledge has added another 10 titles to their Shinpen Nihon koten bungaku zenshū 新編 日本古典文学全集 digital collection. The new titles are:

上代
古事記 Kojiki
日本書紀 Nihon shoki
風土記 Fudoki

中世
謡曲集 Yōkyokushū
歌論集 Karonshū
連歌論集 Renga ronshū
能楽論集 Nōgaku ronshū

近世
井原西鶴集 Ihara Saikaku shū
近世随想集 Kinsei zuisōshū
俳論集 Haironshū

To access the SNKBZ e-collection, you must sign into JapanKnowledge. A tutorial is available here on how to search within the e-books.

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Feb 03 2012

Maisaku Database Trial

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UBC Library is currently offering a trial of the Mainichi shinbun 毎日新聞 newspaper database, Maisaku. Please try out the database (instructions below), and remember to complete the feedback form to tell us what you think. The database offers the newspaper’s full-text articles from 1872 to present, as well as articles from the Japanese edition of the Economist.

1) Go to the information page
2) Click on “via the web”
3) Click on the blue log in button
4) fill out the feedback form

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Nov 28 2011

青空文庫 Aozora Bunko e-books now included in Internet Archive

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Aozora Bunko, which has long provided readers with full-text Japanese literature in the public domain (where the copyright has expired), is now offering its titles through Internet Archive. The material is now available in PDF, as well as mobile device-friendly downloadable formats including EPUB and Kindle. In addition, users have the option of reading the works online.

Although searching by author is possible in both Japanese and English scripts, at this point it appears that titles can only be found using original Japanese script searches. Here is an example of one of the Aozora titles available through Internet Archive: Futari no tomo 二人の友 by Mori Ōgai 森鴎外. See the left-hand column for viewing and download options.

For more information, see the press releases from Voyager Japan, the company that transferred the content, in Japanese and in English.

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Oct 12 2011

New Japanese Titles – Fall 2011

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Anime & Manga
アニメに息づく日本古典 Anime ni ikizuku Nihon koten
特別展 : 手塚治虫のブッダ展 Tokubetsuten: Tezuka Osamu no Budda ten
謎解き! 宮崎・ジブリアニメ Nazotoki! Miyazaki Jiburi anime

Art
アイヌ絵とその周辺 Ainu-e to sono shūhen
テクストとイマージュの肌膚: 渡邊晃一作品集 Tekusuto to imāju no kifu : Watanabe Kōichi sakuhinshū
Basara: Japanese art theory crossing borders 越境する日本美術論
歌川国芳展 : 没後150年 Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten: botsugo 150-nen
特別展 : 写楽 Tokubetsuten: Sharaku
名所江戸百景 : 望月義也コレクション Meisho Edo hyakkei: Mochizuki Yoshinari korekushon
浪漫図案 : 明治・大正・昭和の商業デザイン Rōman zuan: Meiji, Taishō, Shōwa no shōgyō dezain

History & Political Science
近現代日本を史料で読む Kin-gendai Nihon o shiryō de yomu
昭和天皇 : 「理性の君主」の孤独 Shōwa Tennō : “risei no kunshu” no kodoku
戦国時代年表 Sengoku jidai nenpyō
日本の国境問題 : 尖閣・竹島・北方領土 Nihon no kokkyō mondai: Senkaku, Takeshima, hoppō ryōdo
ビジュアル日本史ヒロイン1000人 Bijuaru Nihon shi hiroin 1000-nin
ポストモダンの正義論 : 「右翼/左翼」の衰退とこれから Posutomodan no seigiron : “uyoku sayoku” no suitai to kore kara
明六雑誌の政治思想 Meiroku zasshi no seiji shiso
モンゴル襲来と神国日本 : 「神風伝說」誕生の謎を解く Mongoru shūrai to shinkoku Nihon : “kamikaze densetsu” tanjō no nazo o toku

Literature
鷗外と近代劇 Ōgai to kindaigeki
賢治オノマトペの謎を解く Kenji onomatope no nazo o toku
源氏物語姬君のふるまい Genji monogatari himegimi no furumai
人が走るとき : 古典のなかの日本人と言葉 Hito ga hashiru toki: koten no naka no Nihonjin to kotoba
紫式部・定家を動かした物語 : 謙徳公の書いた豊蔭物語 Murasaki Shikibu, Sadaie o ugokashita monogatari : Kentoku-kō no kaita Toyokage monogatari

Literature – Current Fiction
太郎が恋をする頃までには– Tarō ga koi o suru koro made ni wa–
ペンギン・ハイウェイ Pengin haiwei (Penguin highway) | review

Religious Studies
現代仏教の可能性 Gendai Bukkyō no kannōsei
日本人のこころ : 神と仏 Nihonjin no kokoro : kami to hotoke
近代国家と仏教 Kindai kokka to Bukkyō
日本近世の宗教と社会 Nihon kinsei no shūkyō to shakai

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Oct 12 2011

New Books on the Tōhoku Earthquake & Tsunami 東日本大震災

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We’ve just received the following new materials on the Tōhoku Earthquake & Tsunami, and the nuclear incident.

大津波と原発 Ōtsunami to genpatsu
河北新報特別縮刷版 : 3・11東日本大震災1カ月の記録 Kahoku shinpō tokubetsu shukusatsuban: 3.11 Higashi Nihon daishinsai 1-kagetsu no kiroku
巨大津波が襲った : 発生から10日間東北の記録 Kyodai tsunami ga osotta: hassei kara 10-nichikan Tōhoku no kiroku
検証東日本大震災の流言・デマ Kenshō Higashi Nihon daishinsai no ryūgen, dema
東日本大震災, 2011.3.11 : 1カ月の全記録 Higashi Nihon daishinsai, 2011.3.11 : 1-kagetsu no zenkiroku
東日本大震災 : 1か月の記録 (読売新聞特別縮刷版) Higashi Nihon daishinsai: 1-kagetsu no kiroku (Yomiuri shinbun tokubetsu shukusatsuban)
東日本大震災1カ月の全記録 : 闘う日本 Higashi Nihon daishinsai 1-kagetsu no zenkiroku: tatakau Nihon
東日本大震災 : 朝日新聞縮刷版 Higashi Nihon daishinsai : Asahi shinbun shukusatsuban
東日本大震災 : 報道写真全記録 2011.3.11-4.11 Higashi Nihon daishinsai: hōdō shashin zenkiroku 2011.3.11-4.1

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Sep 28 2011

Kameyama Lecture: Sonja Arntzen

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University of Toronto Professor Emerita Sonja Arntzen will be speaking this Friday at Asian Centre as part of the Kameyama Lecture series organized by the Asian Studies Department.

“Telling it Slant” Dreams and Religious Meaning in the Sarashina Diary
September 30 (Friday) @ 5:00 p.m.
Room 604, Asian Centre

For more details, check out the pdf here.

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Jul 27 2011

Newest Additions to the SNKBZ

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Shinpen Nihon koten bungaku zenshu pictureJapanKnowledge has added another 10 titles to their Shinpen Nihon koten bungaku zenshū 新編 日本古典文学全集 digital collection. The new titles are:

中古
今昔物語集 Konjaku monogatarishū
将門記 Shōmon ki
陸奥話記 Mutsu waki

中世
保元物語 Hōgen monogatari
平治物語 Heiji monogatari
宇治拾遺物語 Uji shūi monogatari
曾我物語 Soga monogatari
太平記 Taiheiki
義経記 Gikeiki

近世
仮名草子集 Kana-zōshishū

To access the SNKBZ e-collection, you must sign into JapanKnowledge. A tutorial is available here on how to search within the e-books.

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Jun 29 2011

Trial for Yomimuri’s Yomidasu Rekishikan ヨミダス歴史館

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Yomidasu logo

We are currently offering a trial of the Yomiuri Shinbun database Yomidasu Rekishikan ヨミダス歴史館. This resource includes Yomiuri articles from 1874 to present, as well as English-language articles from The Daily Yomiuri from 1989. The trial will run until August 4.

To access the database:
1) Click here to go to the information page.
2) Click on “via the web”
3) You will be prompted for your CWL username and password if accessing from home.

For non-faculty members, please go back and fill out the feedback form also available through the information page. Current faculty members should have received a separate survey. Contact me if you have not received this.

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Jun 06 2011

Factiva Tutorials

I’ve created a couple of tutorials on how to use Factiva to find Japanese-language news articles. Check them out here:
Factiva for Japanese – Basic
Factiva for Japanese – Advanced

Hope they’re helpful!

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Apr 21 2011

New Titles Added to SNKBZ

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Shinpen Nihon koten bungaku zenshu pictureJapanKnowledge has added a further 10 titles to their Shinpen Nihon koten bungaku zenshū 新編 日本古典文学全集 digital collection. The new titles are:

Eiga monogatari 栄花物語
Ōkagami 大鏡
Sumiyoshi monogatari 住吉物語
Torikaebaya monogatari とりかへばや物語
Matsura no Miya monogatari 松浦宮物語
Mumyō-zōshi 無名草子
Heike monogatari 平家物語
Kenrei Monʼin Ukyō no Daibu shū / 建礼門院右京大夫集
Towazugatari とはずがたり
Chūsei nikki kikkōshū 中世日記紀行集

To access the SNKBZ e-collection, you must sign into JapanKnowledge. A tutorial is available here on how to search within the e-books.

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