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ART RESEARCH

Since its establishment in 1998, the Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, has been publishing the academic journal ART RESEARCH every year. From vol.22, it is published as an e-journal several times a year and also made available as a summarized booklet with the purpose of widely publicizing the research activities and outcomes of research projects conducted at the Art Research Center.
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ART RESEARCH vol. 26-2 (issued on November 27, 2025)
Research Paper How Was a Play Listened: The Production and Reception of 78RPM Kabuki Recordings Masahiko OKAZAKI Toward a Holistic Conservation Strategy for Digital Game Materiality Based on Levels of Intervention Takashi OBANA Comprehensive Analysis of Descriptions of 'Pictures' in Yakusha Hyōbanki: Intersections of Kabuki and Visual Culture Shiori TOTSUKA Technical Support Newsletter 類似画像検索ツール（「浮世絵・絵画データベースシステム」）――「ARC リサーチ・スペース」のデジタルツールの紹介（3） Ryo AKAMA ARC Event Review ＜Review of the 144th International ARC Seminar(Naomi KAWASUMI,Masahiro KATO)＞ Society and Landscape of Okinawa in the 1950s: A Brief Sketch Based on Photographs Yusei MIYAHARA ＜Review of the 146th International ARC Seminar(Hiroyuki YAMAUCHI)＞ The Plan and Trial Investigations for the ARC "Research Metaverse": Based on Applications for Geography Education Studies Aoi Tsukushi

ART RESEARCH vol. 26-2 (issued on November 27, 2025)

Research Paper

How Was a Play Listened: The Production and Reception of 78RPM Kabuki Recordings
Masahiko OKAZAKI

Toward a Holistic Conservation Strategy for Digital Game Materiality Based on Levels of Intervention
Takashi OBANA

Comprehensive Analysis of Descriptions of 'Pictures' in Yakusha Hyōbanki: Intersections of Kabuki and Visual Culture
Shiori TOTSUKA

Technical Support Newsletter

類似画像検索ツール（「浮世絵・絵画データベースシステム」）――「ARC リサーチ・スペース」のデジタルツールの紹介（3）
Ryo AKAMA

ARC Event Review

＜Review of the 144th International ARC Seminar(Naomi KAWASUMI,Masahiro KATO)＞
Society and Landscape of Okinawa in the 1950s: A Brief Sketch Based on Photographs
Yusei MIYAHARA

＜Review of the 146th International ARC Seminar(Hiroyuki YAMAUCHI)＞
The Plan and Trial Investigations for the ARC "Research Metaverse": Based on Applications for Geography Education Studies
Aoi Tsukushi

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Series「Digital Humanities for Japanese Arts and Cultures」

The research results of members of our Center were published bilingually under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Global COE Programme " Digital Humanities for Japanese Arts and Cultures" (Ritsumeikan University).

New Directions in Digital Humanities for Japanese Arts and Cultures
A5・216p Published 2009/03/01. 2,592円＋tax	Authors: Masao Kawashima・Ryo Akama・Keiji Yano・Kozaburo Hachimura・Mitsuyuki Inaba How will "digital humanities" change? What is the new horizon in Japanese culture research that has evolved as a result of the integration of humanities and information sciences spread across the world? With the latest concepts in "Digital Humanities" that make full use of information technology, future prospects are presented with the aim of further intensifying qualitative research. Click to purchase here(別ウィンドウ)

New Directions in Digital Humanities for Japanese Arts and Cultures

A5・216p
Published 2009/03/01.
2,592円＋tax

Authors: Masao Kawashima・Ryo Akama・Keiji Yano・Kozaburo Hachimura・Mitsuyuki Inaba

How will "digital humanities" change?

What is the new horizon in Japanese culture research that has evolved as a result of the integration of humanities and information sciences spread across the world? With the latest concepts in "Digital Humanities" that make full use of information technology, future prospects are presented with the aim of further intensifying qualitative research.

Click to purchase here(別ウィンドウ)

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