Database

"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and one research institute (Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties) in Japan, all of which belong to the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage.

The Japanese Handloom Scale Model Collection was created by Mr. Seiji Shigematsu (1926–2002), who worked at the Tokyo Metropolitan Textile Research Institute. As part of his ergonomic studies on manual work, he made extensive fieldwork on traditional handlooms across Japan between 1982 and 1989, visiting more than 50 sites nationwide. Believing that “drawings and photographs cannot capture the warmth of human craftsmanship,” he began constructing detailed scale models to record the authentic forms of traditional looms. From the first Handloom Model Exhibition in 1984 to the fourth in 1999, Shigematsu’s works have presented the regional and historical diversity of Japanese weaving culture. The collection includes basic types such as waist looms and frame looms, as well as reconstructed looms based on the Edo-period document (Shikasuuyou, ca. 1820) and patented looms from the Meiji era by inventors such as Sakichi Toyoda and Tatsuchi Gaun. These models, precisely replicating techniques of original looms that are now difficult to observe because the original materials are gradually disappearing , remain invaluable for the study of textile culture, technology history, and ergonomics in Japan.

Minakata Kumagusu (1867-1941), folklorist, botanist and philosopher, spent the latter half of his life here in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan. His research materials and documents include diary, correspondence, books and botanical specimens. You can browse online the images of part of more than 25,000 items housed in the Minakata Kumagusu Archives.

「とちぎデジタルミュージアム”SHUGYOKU”（珠玉）」内の国・県指定等文化財データベースです。日光二社一寺（日光二荒山神社、日光東照宮、日光山輪王寺）の宝物をはじめ、栃木県内の文化財を高精細画像と併せて検索・鑑賞できます。

The Showakan Digital Archive allows you to search and view videos held by the Showakan. Materials marked as "Only available inside the museum'" can be viewed and listened to in the audio visual room on the 5th floor of the Showa-kan.

三重県総合博物館が所蔵する行政刊行物等を検索できます。

The Showa-kan Digital Archive allows you to search and view materials held by the Showa-kan. Materials marked as "Only available inside the museum" can be viewed and listened to in the audio visual room on the 5th floor of Showa-kan.

The Showakan Digital Archive allows you to search and view photographs held by the Showa-kan. Materials marked as "Only available inside the museum'" can be viewed and listened to in the audio visual room on the 5th floor of the Showa-kan.

三重県総合博物館が所蔵する図書等を検索できます。

青森県立図書館が所蔵する貴重資料や郷土資料をデジタル化して公開するウェブサイト。

The Meiji University Digital Archives enables a user to search and view image data such as valuable materials and academically valuable materials held by various organizations in Meiji University.

ADEAC is a cloud-based platform system to search and browse various digital archives. Cross-search, search of digitalized full-texts, browse of high-quality images and so on are possible.

A directory of information about audio materials related to the atomic bombings and peace

Digital Archive of the Amagasaki City Museum of History

名古屋市博物館の収集資料は、名古屋を特徴づける歴史資料を中心に、約2万6千件、29万点に達しています。名古屋市博物館収蔵品データベースでは、考古、絵画、彫刻、工芸、文献、生活、生産流通等の所蔵資料を検索できます。

Materials created by Kenichi Fukui, who was the Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry in 1981, related to his research and hosting an international conference. They consist of records and correspondence created in preparations for the Third International Congress of Quantum Chemistry held at Kyoto in 1979, research notes and correspondence between other researchers mainly from the 1940s to 1980s, and manuscripts including his doctoral thesis. The extensive research notes ranging from theory to experiment were classified according to the research theme using envelopes and files by himself. The materials tell us about Fukui’s broad and deep interest in science.

A directory of information about photos, including those depicting aftermath of the atomic bombing on Hiroshima

Download information and free high-resolution photos/videos of Japan's National Treasures, Important Cultural Properties, and more!

Doshisha University Digital Collections is the digital preservation to ensure access to the rare materials held by Doshisha University. Old manuscripts, old movable type printings, picture scrolls, poem cards called “Karuta”, and Japan research documents written by non-Japanese authors other various kinds of materials can be viewed online as well.

ぐんまの歴史や文化を語る文献、ユネスコ世界遺産『富岡製糸場と絹産業遺産群』に象徴される養蚕・製糸業に関する資料、絵図や古地図、写真や絵はがきなどをご覧いただけます。