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FY 2023 Adopted Joint Research Projects

<International Joint Research with Research Fund>
A. International Fixed Theme
<International Joint Research with Research Fund>
B. International Open Theme
No.Title / Affiliation / Name
1 AI-powered Text Recognition of Inscriptions in Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints
Research Leader. Ewa Machotka  Associate Professor, Stockholm University, Dept. of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Co-researcher. Ryo Akama, John Pavlopoulos, Konstantina Liagkou
2 Ukiyo-e, illustrated books, albums and painted books in Madrid Collections
Research Leader. Pilar CABAÑAS  Associate Professor of Art History Department of Art History, Faculty of Geography and History, The Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Co-researcher. Matilde ARIAS, Ana TRUJILLO, Aitana MERINO, Javier PÉREZ
3 Audio - Visual Archive of UNESCO's Borobudur Restoration Project (1973-1983)
Research Leader. Fadjar Ibnu Thufail  Director, Research Center for Area Studies, National Research and Innovation Agency
Co-researcher. Satoshi Tanaka, Keiko Suzuki, Liang Li, Kyoko Hasegawa, Biligsaikhan Batjargal, Upik Sarjiati, Aryo Danusiri, Brahmantara
4 Re-thinking Japonisme: Digitisation of the V&A's collection of Japanese illustrated books and researching its formation in the late 19th century
Research Leader. Masami Yamada  Curator, Victoria and Albert Museum
Co-researcher. Ryo Akama, Ryoko Matsuba, Yuriko Iwakiri
<International Joint Research with Research Fund>
C. Open Theme
No.Title / Affiliation / Name
1 A Basic Research for Using Digital Data of Japan National Railways' Documents: Focusing on Daily reports of Moji Railway Bureau of Japan National Railway
Research Leader. Akimasa Suganuma  Lecturer, Faculty of Collaborative Regional Development, Kyushu Sangyo University
Co-researcher. Noboru Hirayama , Rihito Shima, Yuichiro Suzuki, Masaki Kusano, Teppei Doi, Kuniaki Watabe, Kazuki Hayashi, Shohei Yamazaki
2 Dissemination of Kyomachiya culture using the collection database of the Nagae Family Residence
Research Leader. Hirotaka SATO   Assistant Professor, Faculty of Regional Policy, Aichi University
Co-researcher. Yoshie Takagi, Susumu Hyuga, Mikiharu Takeuchi, Keiji Yano, Naomi Kawasumi
3 The Role of Manuscripts in the Edo Period: Cataloging Japanese manuscripts in UC Berkeley C.V. Starr East Asian Library on ARC
Research Leader. Motoi Katsumata  Professor, Meisei University
Co-researcher. Ryo Akama, Toshie Marura
4 Construction of 3D Model Database of Japanese Armor in the possession of Tokushima City Tokushima Castle Museum
Research Leader. Akihiro Tsukamoto  Associate Professor, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Tokushima University
Co-researcher. Toshio Nezu, Takafumi Moriwaki, Satoshi Tanaka, Kyoko Hasegawa, Li Liang
5 A Study on the Construction of a Search and Browsing System for Theater Photo Materials using a Database of Theater Performance Records (provisional translation)
Research Leader. Sachiko MUTO  Chief librarian, Shochiku Otani Library
Co-researcher. Ryo Akama, Mayuko Igawa, Eri Sasaki, Ayaka Murashima, Masumi Harada, Toshie Takeda
D. International Joint Research to Utilize the Center's Facilities and Equipment
No.Title / Affiliation / Name
1 A Study of Letters Written by Matsudaira Sadanobu
Research Leader. Ryu SUGIMOTO  Kuwana City Museum
2 Decipherment of residential records of Jakumau in the Edo period
Research Leader. Susan L. Burns  Director, Center for East Asian Studies Professor of Japanese History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College
Co-researcher. Yoko Nabeshima
3 A Comprehensively Study on Primary Sources in the possession of Itoi Bunko Library in Maizuru City
Research Leader. Eriko Hata  Professor, Shizuoka Eiwa Gakuin University
4 Infrastructure Development of Digital Research Environment for Modern Woodblock-printed Kuchi-e (Frontispieces)
Research Leader. Tomoo Asahi  Independent Researcher
Co-researcher. Ryo Akama, Kana Tsuneki
5 A Research Project on Construction of Comprehensive Digital Archives Focusing on the Third Phase Yakusha Hyobanki
Research Leader. Yoko Kaguraoka  Professor, Ehime University Faculty of Law and Letters
Co-researcher. Ryo Akama, Masae Kurahashi, Yoko Kuroishi, Chie Saito, Takashi Noguchi, Kayano Mizuta, Takaaki Kaneko
6 A Digital Database Project on the high-altitude Settlements of the Yayoi Period
Research Leader. Hideto Morioka  THE PALEOLOGICALASSOCIATION OF JAPAN, Inc Visiting Researcher
Co-researcher. Hisao Kuwabara, Tamiki Kunishita, Kunihiko Wakabayashi, Atsushi Ito, Shoji Shibata, Naohiko Tabata, Naoto Teramae, Takanori Mori, Ryo Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Usami
7 Three-Dimensional Photogrammetry of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Artworks for Detecting Symptoms of Mental Health Disorder
Research Leader. Wanda Listiani  Institut Seni Budaya Indonesia Bandung/Dr.
Co-researcher. Anrilia Ema M.N, Ida Ayu Laksmita Sari
8 Pioneer of the Kyoto Film Industry―Focusing on Katsutaro Inabata and Einosuke Yokota
Research Leader. Kenichiro Hase  Professor, Surugadai University
9 Research of Kyoto-based Global Development of Printing Techniques and Designs
Research Leader. Masako Yamamoto  Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(RPD)
Co-researcher. Aya Ueda, Seishi Namiki, Mihoko Aoki, Keiko Suzuki, Miki Sugiura, Mizuho Kamo
10 History of the Reception of Objects through Iconography in Early Modern and Modern Kyoto―Focusing on books and dyed textiles
Research Leader. Aki Ishigami  Associate Professor, Kyoto University of the Arts
Co-researcher. Mizuho Kamo
11 Digital Archiving and Promotion of "Tsuchitaro / Mototugu Hayashi's Movie Sounds Collection"
Research Leader. Genki Takigawa  Associate Professor, Kyoto University of the Arts
Co-researcher. Toshinari Tsuji, Koichi Hosoi, Mami Yamada
12 A cursive script reprinting class for first-year students in at National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), Maizuru College
Research Leader. Midori Ogita  Associate Professor, Maizuru Industrial College of Technology
13 Management for the Japan Art Documentation Society Utilizing Cloud Storage
Research Leader. Japan Art Documentation Society
Co-researcher. Satoshi Tarashima, Yu Homma, Momoko Tateishi
14 Okinawan Arts & Culture under Occupation: A Study of Gima Hiroshi and Yamazato Eikichi
Research Leader. Eriko Tomizawa-Kay Lecturer, University of East Anglia
Co-researcher. Travis Seifman
15 Compilation of a database of documents nationally designated as cultural properties in the possession of Eigen-ji and related temples
Research Leader. Jijin MORI  Visiting researcher, International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism, Hanazono University 
Co-researcher. Soichiro Ota, Koichi Watanabe, Atsushi Nakagawa, Koshi Taguchi, Kimimoto Teramae, Miki Hamano
16 Construction of a Digital Archive of Social, Spatial, and Disaster History of the Kii Peninsula, Japan
Research Leader. Noriko MATSUDA  Associate Professor, Kyoto Prefectural University 
Co-researcher. Naomi Kawasumi, Osamu Oba, Kantaro Fujioka, Yukihiro Fukushima, Eisuke Ono
17 Development of a database on traditional river management information in the Echi River, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Research Leader. Takuro OGURA  Lecturer, Hyogo University of Teacher Education 
Co-researcher. Hiroyuki Yamauchi, Kazuyuki Shimamoto, Toshiaki Mizuno, Daisuke Katayama, Tsuyoshi Hattanji
18 Stickiness and path dependence of land use patterns
Research Leader. Yasuhiro SATO  Professor, University of Tokyo 
Co-researcher. Atsushi Yamagishi
19 Kyoto News" Preservation and Utilization Project
Research Leader. Yoneo OTA  Representative, The Toy Film Museum in Kyoto 
Co-researcher. Fumio Ota, Akiko Miyamoto, Yuki Hidaka, Keiji Yano, Naomi Kawasumi, Yuji Miyata
20 A Study on Kyoto-Haikai through the 18th and 19th Centuries Concerning Hanakuyo
Research Leader. Chiyoko TAKEUCHI  Lecturer, Ritsumeikan University 
Co-researcher. Junko Hori, Tadayoshi Hata, Setsuko Matsumoto, Ryo Akama, Takaaki Kaneko
21 Nōgu taikan Transcribe and Translate Project
Research Leader. Hiroyuki NAGAHASHI GOOD  Japanese/ Korean Studies Librarian, University of Pittsburgh Library System 
Co-researcher. Midori Hasegawa, Elizabeth Oyler
22 Research for the utilization of digital database "TVCM of the 20th century"
Research Leader. Kohei KONO  Professor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Social Sciences, Ibaraki University 
Co-researcher. Ryo Akama, Saeko Ishita, Hiroshi Ogawa, Yukie Takeuchi, Daisuke Tsuji, Koji Nanba, Shoji Yamada
23 Construction of a digital archive of the Yamori family postcard collection and geographical analysis of its images and texts
Research Leader. Kazuko SUGIURA  Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University 
Co-researcher. Keiji Yano, Naomi Kawasumi, Hirotaka Sato, Muneyuki Natsume, Toshinari Tsuji
24 Study on advertising materials that early advertisement trade journal " Press Art " distributed
Research Leader. Yukie TAKEUCHI  Professor, Faculty of Social Studies, Doshisha University 
Co-researcher. Morihiro Sato, Kazusa Kumakura
25 Research on Gidayubushi Joruris works during the heyday for the expansion and developmental utilization of digital archives
Research Leader. Yoko KUROISHI  Professor, Tokyo Gakugei University  
Co-researcher. Harumi Higashi, Mizuki Takusagawa, Sae Ueno, Mikiko Uchiyama, Masumi Harada, Kiyoe Sakamoto, Shiho Takai, Mitsuru Ijima, Takashi Mori, Hiromu Sakura, Michie Tomizawa, Eimei Yamonouchi, Setsuko Kawaguchi, Risa Ito, Yuusuke Fuchida
26 A Research on the Construction Method of a Web-based Encyclopedia of Theatre
Research Leader. Masami IWAI  Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Meijo University 
Co-researcher. Ryo Akama, Keiji Sawada, Norikazu Hirabayashi, Yukako Abe, Ayako Hanake
27 Re-Examining the Publishing System from 17th through 19th Century Utilizing Murakami Family Historical Documents
Research Leader. Maya HIGUCHI  Part-time Lecturer, Doshisha University 
Co-researcher. Takaaki Kaneko
28 Expansion of the Woodblock Digital Archive using the ARC Research Space and construction of a comprehensive research infrastructure for Japanese early modern publishing
Research Leader. Takaaki KANEKO  Associate Professor, Kyoto University of Advanced Science 
E. International Joint Research to Utilize the Center's Database System
No.Purpose of Database Use / Affiliation / Name
1 Maintaining and Updating the Japanese Special Collections in the C.V. Starr East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley
Librarian, C.V. Starr East Asian Library University of California, Berkeley   Toshie MARRA
2 Elucidating the Relationship between Taoist sexual practices and Shung
Research Member, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation KENIKAI FOUNDATION  Kenji NAKATSUKA
3 Exploring group study and research activities using the ARC database on picture books, Esugoroku, Oraimono published in the Edo period
Tokyo Gakugei University Library  Yumi SEGAWA
4 Memories of the Miyazaki Pleasure Quarters: Reading Primary Materials with the ARC's Database and Exploring kuzushiji Deciphering Pedagogy for Learners in Canada
Ph.D. student, Department of Asian Studies, The University of British Columbia Saeko SUZUKI
5 Multi-Label Classification of Stencil Images in the Katagami Database
Professor, Computer Centre & Graduate School of Humanities Graduate Course in Archival Science, Gakushuin University Tetsuji KUBOYAMA
6 Publishing Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library's banzuke collection online using the ARC's databases
Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library  Keiji OSHIMA
7 Using the ARC Transcription Support System for Kuzushiji as a digital pedagogy tool for teaching classical Japanese literature at the University of British Columbia
Professor, Department of Asian Studies, The University of British Columbia  Joshua S. MOSTOW
8 A study of 18th to 19th century Shen Quan and Japanese Nanpin School paintings through art historical and material analysis of the British Museum and the Ashmolean
Ph.D. Candidate,Nottingham Trent University  Makiko TSUNODA
9 Making a Honkoku version of the books and writings from late Muromachi through Edo periods (15th C - 19thC) that were used for disseminating a literacy as well as humanitarian ways of life to commoners. Sample: Tsuda, Masanari. Manoatari Oshieno Chikamichi "Quick Guide to Teachings of Life" (1927, 1847)
Associate Professor, Brown University  Kikuko YAMASHITA
10 Research on wakan renku and wakan haikai
Assistant Professor of Japanese, Kenyon College  XIE Kai
11 Providing online access to the collection of ukiyo-e, surimono related to industrial history, and early Japanese books held by the Amagasaki City Museum of History
Director, Amagasaki City Museum of History  Toshiyuki IMOTO
12 WUSTL: Kuzushi-ji Trainings on ARC databases with "Sotatsu isemonogatarizu shikishi," et al.
Japanese Studies Librarian, East Asian Library, Washington University in St. Louis   Jamie Newhard
13 Information on the location of Buddhist temples and shrines in Medieval Kyoto for the study of the Illustrated Biography of Priest Ippen.
Emeritus Professor, Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties   Michio YONEKURA
14 秩父宮記念スポーツ博物館収蔵品データベースの構築
Curator, Prince Chichibu Memorial Sports Museum   Sachiko Niina
15 竹内道敬文庫のデータベース化
Kunitachi College of Music   Kyoko Takahashi
16 ホノルル美術館所蔵の古典籍の翻刻、英訳、研究・調査、古典籍の展示・公開
Honolulu Museum of Art / Research Associate   Kiyoe Minami
17 専修大学図書館「向井信夫文庫」浮世絵データベース、古典籍閲覧システム
Senshu University Library Administration Section / Manager   Tomomi TSUNETSUGU
18 築地双六館双六データベース
Tsukiji Sugoroku Museum / President   Osamu Yoshida
19 ハワイ大学マノア校図書館所蔵の古典籍・翻刻プロジェクト
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library   Mitsutaka Nakamura
20 古今和歌集の古筆や古今和歌集の写本の文字をデータベース化することで書作品創作をするための検索や、他の古筆を読む時の検索資料として活用する
Kyoto University of Advanced Science Senior High School   Tomoko Sakamoto

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