FY 2024 Adopted Joint Research Projects
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A. International Fixed Theme
<International Joint Research with Research Fund>
B. International Open Theme
| No. | Title / Affiliation / Name |
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| 1 | Expanding digital photography methods for metal objects: Digitisation of the sword furniture in the British Museum collection continued |
| Project Leader: Akiko YANO Mitsubishi Corporation Curator (Japanese Collections), Asia Department, British Museum Co-researcher: Ryo Akama, Rosina Buckland, Sophie Gong, Ryoko Matsuba |
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| 2 | Hyperrealia: Robot Re-Mix - Re-mixing Japanese Robotic Art and Culture through Extended Reality Technologies |
| Project Leader: John MCCORMICK Associate Professor of Interactive Media, Swinburne University Co-researcher: Chris Henschke, Donna Kendrigan, Aki Nakamura |
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| 3 | TENJI: Contemporary Japanese Art on Display in Europe |
| Project Leader: Daniela MORO Associate Professor, University of Turin Co-researcher: Federica Cavazzuti |
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| 4 | Digitalizing the Japanese Art Collection at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Project Leader: Kazuko Kameda-Madar Visiting Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Co-researcher: - |
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| 5 | Connecting Epicenters, Relating Maps in and of the Japanese Christian Century |
| Project Leader: Diego CUCINELLI Senior Researcher, Università degli Studi di Firenze Co-researcher: Camillo Berti, Luca Paolo Bruno, Lorenzo Amato, Luna Frezza, Ayano Yoshida |
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| 6 | The Networks of Digital and Non-digital Heritage Infrastructure: A Comparison of Borobudur and Japanese Heritage Projects. |
| Project Leader: Fadjar Ibnu THUFAIL Head of Research Center for Area Studies, National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia Co-researcher: Satoshi Tanaka, Keiko Suzuki, Liang Li, Biligsaikhan Batjargal, Upik Sarjiati |
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| 7 | Digital Archiving and Visualization on the Batik of East Java |
| Project Leader: Fitriana Puspita Dewi Assistant Professor, Faculty of Culture Studies, Universitas Brawijaya Co-researcher: Aji Setyanto, I Kadek Yudi Astawan, M. Tibyani |
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C. Open Theme
| No. | Title / Affiliation / Name |
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| 1 | Digital archiving of the Hokusai collection held at the Hokusakan Museum and construction of international research infrastructure |
| Project Leader: Miyuki ARAI Curator, The Hokusai-kan Museum Co-researcher: Toshinobu Yasumura, Ryo Akama, Ryoko Matsuba, Joseph Bills, Kseniia Basmanova |
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| 2 | Study on Construction and utilization of Old photograph Database to support Otaru Studies of the Otaru Museum |
| Project Leader: Sakie SEMIZUKA Curator, Otaru Museum Co-researcher: 石川直章, 手塚 薫, 谷端 郷, 塚本章宏, 村中亮夫, 花岡和聖 |
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| 3 | Compilation of a database of documents nationally designated as cultural properties in the possession of Eigen-ji and related temples |
| Project Leader: Jijin MORI Visiting Researcher, Hanazono University Co-researcher: Soichiro Ota, Koichi Watanabe, Ryushi Tachi, Atsushi Nakagawa, Koshi Taguchi, Kimimoto Teramae, Miki Hamano, Setsuko Takamatsu, Bunei Inoue |
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| 4 | A Research for Utilization of the Japan National Railway Document Database: Focusing on Daily reports of Moji Railway Bureau, JNR |
| Project Leader: Akimasa SUGANUMA Lecturer, Faculty of Collaborative Regional Development, Kyushu Sangyo University Co-researcher: Noboru Hirayama, Yuichiro Suzuki, Masaki Kusano, Teppei Doi, Kuniaki Watabe, Kazuki Hayashi, Hiroshi Ono, Shohei Yamazaki |
D. International Joint Research to Utilize the Center’s Facilities and Equipment
| No. | Title / Affiliation / Name |
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| 1 | A Comprehensive Study on Primary Sources in the Possession of Itoi Bunko Library in Maizuru City |
| Research Leader: Eriko HATA Professor, Shizuoka Eiwa Gakuin University | |
| 2 | A Study of Letters Written by Matsudaira Sadanobu |
| Research Leader: Ryu SUGIMOTO Kuwana City Museum | |
| 3 | 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 |
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| 4 | Digitization of Qait’bay Fort in Alexandria (1477-1479): Adoption of VR Technology to Preserve Cultural Heritage in Natural Disaster and Climate Change |
| Research Leader: Mohamed Soliman Islamic Antiquities Studies Center/Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA) | |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 15 | 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 |
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| 16 | 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 |
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| 17 | Stickiness and path dependence of land use patterns |
| Research Leader: Yasuhiro SATO Professor, University of Tokyo Co-researcher: Atsushi Yamagishi |
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| 18 | 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 |
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| 19 | 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 |
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| 20 | 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 |
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| 21 | 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 |
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| 22 | 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 |
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| 23 | 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 |
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| 24 | 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 |
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| 25 | 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 |
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| 26 | 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 |
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| 27 | 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 | |
| 28 | Ukiyo-e, illustrated books, albums and painted books in Madrid Collections |
| Research Leader: Pilar CABAÑAS Professor of Art History, The Complutense University of Madrid Co-researcher: Matilde Arias, Ana Trujillo, Aitana Merino, Javier Perez, Alba Finol |
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| 29 | Re-thinking Japonisme: digitization of the V&A’s collection of Japanese ukiyo-e prints and illustrated books and researching its formation in the late nineteenth century |
| Research Leader: Masami YAMADA Curator, Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) Co-researcher: Ryo Akama, Ryoko Matsuba, Mary Redfern |
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| 30 | Construction of 3D Model Database of Japanese Armor in the possession of Tokushima City Tokushima Castle Museum |
| Research Leader: Akihiro TSUKAMOTO Professor, History Department Bukkyo University Co-researcher: Toshio Nezu, Takafumi Moriwasa, Satoshi Tanaka, Kyoko Hasegawa, Liang Li |
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| 31 | Digital Archive of Japanese Cultural Resources in the UK Centered on Materials Held by the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures |
| Research Leader: Ryoko MATSUBA Lecturer in Digital Arts and Humanities, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures Co-researcher: Akira Hirano, Simon Kaner, Eugenia Bogdanova-Kummer, Joseph Bills, Rose Counsell |
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| 32 | Development of STEAM Teaching Materials Using “Kikouzui” |
| Research Leader: Kana TSUNEKI Associate Professor, National Institute of Technology, Kurume College | |
| 33 | 黙阿弥DH研究 |
| Research Leader: Misa UMETADA Associate Professor, Ochanomizu University | |
| 34 | Development and education utilization of regional geographical VR in western part of the Iwami region |
| Research Leader: Kotaro IIZUKA Assistant Professor, Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo Co-researcher: Hiroyuki Yamauchi, Takuro Ogura, Ikuro Ishibashi, Toshihiko Ooga |
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| 35 | Sustainable AI Kabuki Project |
| Research Leader: Kazuya KOJIMA Associate Professor, Kindai University Co-researcher: Ryo Akama, Masasuke Yasumoto, Tamotsu Machida, Miyoko Hayashi |
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| 36 | Visual Culture Studies in the Domestic Sphere Utilizing ARC Database |
| Research Leader: Chiaki TAKAHASHI Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Letters, Doshisha University Co-researcher: Yumi Takenaka, Takahiro Nishibayashi, Chitoko Koide, Masako Hashimoto, Shintaro Araki, Maho Shimazu |
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| 37 | Study on Theater-related Pictures Retrieval System using Record of Theater Play Database |
| Research Leader: Sachiko MUTO Chief Librarian, Shochiku Otani Library Co-researcher: Ryo Akama, Mayuko Igawa, Eri Sasaki, Ayaka Murashima, Masumi Harada, Toshie Takeda, Kaho Mizuta |
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| 38 | Research on Kyomachiya culture using materials held by the Nagae family residence |
| Research Leader: Hirotaka SATO Associate Professor, Faculty of Regional Policy, Aichi University Co-researcher: Yoshie TAKAGI, Keiji YANO, Naomi KAWASUMI |
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| 39 | Creating Digital Archives of Oral History on the Content Industry and Fanzine Related Content in the field of Japanese Media Arts |
| Research Leader: Koichi HOSOI ZEN大学(仮称・設置認可申請中)歴史アーカイブ研究センター 所長 Co-researcher: Ryuichiro BAN, Yuji MIYATA, Kanako NOMURA |
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| 40 | The Unwritten Laws: Onnamen Resurfacing Kyoto |
| Research Leader: Vivien Jiaqian ZHU Ph.D. candidate, Stanford University Co-researcher: Zongzhang ZHANG, Ningjing CHAO, Yutong MA |
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| 41 | Digital archiving and promotion of “Japanese Darwin” Taku Komai’s study materials and the Komai family residence |
| Research Leader: Kanto NISHIKAWA Professor, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University Co-researcher: Kanon TANAKA, Yoshie TAKAGI, Hirotaka SATO, Moe FUJIWARA, Chiharu SHINOMIYA, Masahiro NODA, Keiji YANO |
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| 42 | Beyond Eureka: The Foundations of Japan’s Industrialization, 1800-1885 Acronym: J-InnovaTech |
| Research Leader: Aleksandra KOBILJSKI French National Research Center (CNRS) Co-researcher: Dimitri Tatoyan, Mathieu Fauré, Keiko Suzuki |
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| 43 | Drawing from the Crowd: A Citizen Science Platform for Mapping Ukiyo-e Geography |
| Research Leader: Stephanie SANTSCHI Postdoctoral Fellow at the Chair in East Asian Art History, University of Zurich Co-researcher: Himanshu Panday, Drew Richardson, Hirohito Tsuji |
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| 44 | Dictionary of Architectural Photographers in Japan |
| Research Leader: Cecile LALY Specially Appointed Lecturer, Kyoto Seika University Co-researcher: - |
E. International Joint Research to Utilize the ARC System for Educational Purposes
| No. | Title / Affiliation / Name |
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| 1 | Story Mappping Shiba Ryōtarō’s Shinsengumi: keppūroku |
| Research Leader: Aragorn QUINN Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Co-researcher: Hiroyuki Yamauchi, Chikashi Fendt, Saiyuk Thao, Gabrielle Sweeney |
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| 2 | Japanese Woodblock Prints through the Lens of Economic History |
| Research Leader: Yukio LIPPIT Professor, Harvard University Co-researcher: Andy Kim |
F. International Joint Research to Utilize the ARC Research Space (Database System etc.) for Dissemination of Information
| No. | Purpose of Database Use / Affiliation / Name |
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| 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 |
| Research Associate, Honolulu Museum of Art 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 |
| Administration Section/Manager, Senshu University Library Tomomi TSUNETSUGU | |
| 18 | 築地双六館双六データベース |
| President, Tsukiji Sugoroku Museum 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 | |
| 21 | 影月堂コレクションデータベース |
| Emeritus Professor, Doshisha Women’s College Naoto YOSHIKAI | |
| 22 | 雑誌『書道』データベース |
| Lecturer, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) Eugenia Bogdanova-Kummer | |
| 23 | たばこと塩の博物館浮世絵版画 |
| Chief Curator, Tobacco and Salt Museum Yoshiko YUASA | |
| 24 | 太田記念美術館所蔵品データベース |
| Ota Memorial Museum of Art Kenji HINOHARA | |
| 25 | Digital Archiving of the Japanese Collection held by Wereldmuseum Leiden |
| Curator Japan, Wereldmuseum Leiden Daan KOK | |
| 26 | 近代日本の身装電子年表データ システム利用 |
| Visiting Researcher, National Museum of Ethnology Haruko TAKAHASHI | |
| 27 | The Onishi Record Collection |
| Kyoto City University of Arts, Research Institute for Japanese Traditional Music Hidenori ONISHI | |
| 28 | Construction of a database of published books, woodblocks, and single sheets owned by UNSODO 芸艸堂が所蔵する刊行本、版木、一枚ものなど |
| UNSODO CO.,LTD. Hirotaka YAMADA | |
| 29 | Digital Archiving of the Japanese Collection held by Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library (EAL), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| Associate University Librarian, UCLA Library Todd GRAPPONE | |
| 30 | Publishing the Paul Berry “Hakutakuan Collection” online using the ARC Database System |
| Professor Emeritus, Kansai University of Foreign Studies Paul BERRY |












