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FY 2025 Adopted Joint Research Projects

＜International Joint Research with Research Fund＞
A. International Fixed Theme
＜International Joint Research with Research Fund＞
B. International Open Theme
Title / Affiliation / Name
● A New History of Postwar Japan Through Akahori Masuko's Photographs: Digitization Project to make a unique woman photographer's photographs accessible
Project Leader: Kelly McCORMICK 　　Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia (Canada)
● Japanese literature in Bulgaria - history, translation, appreciation 
Project Leader: Gergana PETKOVA　　Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
● Afro-Japanese Artistic Connections
Project Leader: Lisa CROSSMAN　　Director of Curatorial Affairs, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
● GAGAKU IN THE WORLD: Gagaku-related holdings in American and European museums
Project Leader: Fabio RAMBELLI　　Distinguished Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
● Digitization of Qaitbay Fort in Alexandria (1477-1479): Adoption of VR Technology to Preserve Cultural Heritage in Natural Disaster and Climate Change
Project Leader: Mohamed Soliman　　Senior Archaeologist, Islamic Antiquities Studies Center/Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA)
● Digitalizing the Japanese Art Collection at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Project Leader: Kazuko Kameda-Madar　　Visiting Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
● TENJI: Contemporary Japanese Art on Display in Europe 
Project Leader: Daniela Moro　　Associate Professor, University of Turin
● 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

＜International Joint Research with Research Fund＞
C. Open Theme
No.Title / Affiliation / Name
● Study on Construction and utilization of Old photograph Database to support Otaru Studies of the Otaru Museum
Project Leader: Sakie SEMIZUKA　　Curator, Otaru Museum／Graduate School of Letters, Hokkai Gakuen University
● Digital Humanities Rsearch on Kawatake Mokuami
Project Leader: Misa UMETADA Associate Professor, Ochanomizu University
● A Research for limited access to the Japan National Railway Document Database: Focusing on Daily reports of Moji Railway Bureau, JNR
Project Leader: Akimasa SUGANUMA　　Lecturer, Kyushu Sangyo University Faculty of Collaborative Regional Development
● Digitization of Rare Books on Color Theory and a Study of Color Management Practices
Project Leader: Kyoko HIDAKA　　Faculty of Fine Arts/Graduate School of Fine Arts, Joshibi University of Art and Design, Professor

D. International Joint Research to Utilize the Center's Facilities and Equipment
No.Title / Affiliation / Name
● 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
● A Study of Letters Written by Matsudaira Sadanobu
Research Leader: Ryu SUGIMOTO　　Kuwana City Museum
● 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
● 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
● A Digital Database Project on the high-altitude Settlements of the Yayoi Period
Research Leader: Hideto Morioka　　Visiting Researcher, THE PALEOLOGICALASSOCIATION OF JAPAN, Inc.
Co-researcher: Hisao Kuwabara, Tamiki Kunishita, Kunihiko Wakabayashi, Atsushi Ito, Shoji Shibata, Naohiko Tabata, Naoto Teramae, Takanori Mori, Ryo Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Usami
● 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
● Pioneer of the Kyoto Film Industry―Focusing on Katsutaro Inabata and Einosuke Yokota
Research Leader: Kenichiro Hase　　Professor, Surugadai University
● 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
● 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
● 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
● 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
● Management for the Japan Art Documentation Society Utilizing Cloud Storage
Research Leader: Japan Art Documentation Society
Co-researcher. Satoshi Tarashima, Yu Homma, Momoko Tateishi
● 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
● 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
● 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
● 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
● Stickiness and path dependence of land use patterns
Research Leader: Yasuhiro SATO 　Professor, University of Tokyo　
Co-researcher: Atsushi Yamagishi
● 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
● 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
● 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
● 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
● 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
● 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
● 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
● 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
● 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
● 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　
● 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
● 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
● 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
● 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
● Development of STEAM Teaching Materials Using "Kikouzui"
Research Leader: Kana TSUNEKI 　Associate Professor, National Institute of Technology, Kurume College
● 黙阿弥DH研究
Research Leader: Misa UMETADA 　Associate Professor, Ochanomizu University
● 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
● Sustainable AI Kabuki Project
Research Leader: Kazuya KOJIMA 　Associate Professor, Kindai University
Co-researcher: Ryo Akama, Masasuke Yasumoto, Tamotsu Machida, Miyoko Hayashi
● 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
● 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
● 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
● 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
● The Unwritten Laws: Onnamen Resurfacing Kyoto
Research Leader: Vivian Jiaqian ZHU 　Ph.D. candidate, Stanford University
Co-researcher: Zongzhang ZHANG, Ningjing CHAO, Yutong MA
● 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
● 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
● 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
● Dictionary of Architectural Photographers in Japan
Research Leader: Cecile LALY 　Specially Appointed Lecturer, Kyoto Seika University
Co-researcher: -
● The Japanese Book Donation to the University of Louvain: Manuscripts and printed books from the Heian to the Meiji period.
Research Leader: Willy Vande Walle     Chairman, European Association of Japanese Resource Specialists
● Elucidating the Relationship between Taoist sexual practices and Shunga
Research Leader: Kenji NAGATSUKA     Research Member, Public Incorporated Foundation KEN'IKAI FOUNDATION
● Exploring group study and research activities using the ARC database on picture books, Esugoroku, Oraimono published in the Edo period
Research Leader: Yumi SEGAWA     Tokyo Gakugei University Library
● Memories of the Miyazaki Pleasure Quarters: Reading Primary Materials with the ARC's Database and Exploring kuzushiji Deciphering Pedagogy for Learners in Canada
Saeko SUZUKI     Ph.D. Student, University of British Columbia
● Multi-Label Classification of Stencil Images in the Katagami Database
Research Leader: Tetsuji KUBOYAMA     Professor, Gakushuin University
● 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 Museum collection
Research Leader: Makiko TSUNODA     Ph.D. Candidate, Nottingham Trent University
● 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)
Research Leader: Kikuko YAMASHITA     Associate Professor, Brown University
● WUSTL: Kuzushi-ji Trainings on ARC databases with "Sotatsu isemonogatarizu shikishi," et al.
Research Leader: Jamie NEWHAND     Japanese Studies Librarian, East ASian Library, Washington University in St. Louis
● Information on the location of Buddhist temples and shrines in Medieval Kyoto for the study of the Illustrated Biography of Priest Ippen
Research Leader: Michio YONEKURA     Emeritus, Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties
● Building the digital archives of sports on the basis of the characteristics of sports-related materials
Research Leader: Sachiko NIINA     Curator, Prince Chichibu Memorial Sports Museum
● 竹内道敬文庫のデータベース化
Research Leader: Kyoko TAKAHASHI     Kunitachi College of Music
● 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 Leader: Kiyoe MINAMI     Research Associate, Honolulu Museum of Art
● 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
Research Leader: Mitsutaka NAKAMURA     University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Library
● 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
Research Leader: Tomoko SAKAMOTO     Lecturer of Japanese language and calligraphy, Junior and Senior High School of Kyoto University of Advanced Science
● 雑誌『書道』データベース
Research Leader: Eugenia BOGDANOVA-KUMMER     Lecturer in Japanese Arts, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts
● ライデン世界博物館の日本コレクションのデジタル化プロジェクト
Research Leader: Daan KOK     Curator, 世界博物館
● 近代日本の身装電子年表データ  システム利用
Research Leader: Haruko TAKAHASHI     国立民族博物館
● 芸艸堂が所蔵する刊行本、版木、一枚ものなどのデータベース構築
Research Leader: Hirotaka YAMADA     美術書出版株式会社 社長
● Expanding digital photography methods for metal objects: Digitisation of the sword furniture in the British Museum collection continued
Research Leader: Akiko YANO     Mitsubishi Corporation Curator (Japanese Collections), Asia Department, British Museum
● Hyperrealia: Robot Re-Mix - Re-mixing Japanese Robotic Art and Culture through Extended Reality Technologies
Research Leader: John McCORMICK     Swinburne University - Associate Professor of Interactive Media - Acting Director Centre for Transformative Media Technologies
● Infrastructure Development of Digital Research Environment for Modern Woodblock-printed Kuchi-e (Frontispieces)
Research Leader: Kana TSUNEKI     Associate Professor, National Institute of Technology, Kurume College, Liberal Arts(Humanities)
● Reading and interpretation of Edo- and early Meiji-period books, art objects, and historical documents
Research Leader: Chelsea FOXWELL     Professor, University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies

E. International Joint Research to Utilize the ARC System for Educational Purposes
No.Title / Affiliation / Name
● 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
● Japanese Woodblock Prints through the Lens of Economic History
Research Leader: Yukio LIPPIT 　Professor, Harvard University
Co-researcher: Andy Kim
● Using the ARC Transcription Support System for Kuzushiji as a digital pedagogy tool for teaching classical Japanese literature at the University of British Columbia
Research Leader: Joshua S. MOSTOW     Professor, Department of Asian Studies, the University of British Columbia
● Research on wakan renku and wakan haikai
Research Leader: Xie Kai     Assistant Professor of Japanese, Kenyon College

F. International Joint Research to Utilize the ARC Research Space (Database System etc.) for Dissemination of Information
No.Purpose of Database Use / Affiliation / Name
● 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
● Publishing Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library's banzuke collection online using the ARC's databases
Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library     Keiji OSHIMA
● 尼崎市立歴史博物館所蔵、浮世絵・産業史関連摺物、古典籍のオンライン一般公開
Director, Amagasaki City Museum of History     Toshiyuki IMOTO
● 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
● 築地双六館データベース
Tsukiji Sugoroku Museum, President     Osamu YOSHIDA
● 影月堂コレクションデータベース
同志社女子大学名誉教授     吉海直人
● たばこと塩の博物館浮世絵版画
Tobacco and Salt Museum  Chief Curator     Yoshiko YUASA
● 太田記念美術館所蔵品データベース
Ota Memorial Museum of Art     Kenji HINOHARA
● 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
● 大西レコードコレクション　データベース構築
京都市立芸術大学日本伝統音楽研究センター　客員研究員     大西秀紀
● UCLA 東アジア図書館の日本コレクションのデジタル化プロジェクト
UCLA図書館 アソシエート・ユニバーシティ・ライブラリアン     Todd GRAPPONE

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