National Diet Library Newsletter

ISSN 1344-7238

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• Selections from NDL collections
  • The World of Japanese Book Illustration
  • Tracing authenticity: Mukoyama Seisai’s notebooks and Katsu Kaishu
• Events
  • The 20th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of Korea
• Articles by NDL staff
  • Browsing library materials—A look at documents from medieval Japan, Part 4: Was ebony-colored paper a hallmark of imperial documents!?
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 679, November 2017 No. 680, December 2017

• Selections from NDL collections
  • A Short History of Wagashi from the Kaleidoscope of Books (25) Wagashi
  • Material recently designated as a rare book: Shika wakashu
  • Small exhibition in the Kansai-kan (22) "Making and utilizing light: from illumination to architecture and art"
• Articles by NDL staff
  • Browsing library materials—A look at documents from medieval Japan, Part 3: A document within a document?
• News from NDL
  • NDL-OPAC will be replaced by a new service in January 2018
  • The 2017 version of the National Diet Library Handbook for Digitization has been released
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 677/678, September/October 2017

• Selections from NDL collections
  • Kokkei doke anmon―Writing summer greetings to a thunder god
• Articles by NDL staff
  • Welcome to the NDL Digital Library Cafe
  • Browsing library materials—A look at documents from medieval Japan, Part 2: Shoguns of the Kamakura Shogunate "reigned but did not rule"?
  • Manga research in Japan
  • Books not found in the NDL: Periodicals deposited with the Home Ministry
• Budget
  • NDL Budget for Fiscal Year 2017
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 675/676, July/August 2017

• Selections from NDL collections
  • Bikan gaho―a pictorial magazine featuring geisha, launched by Kunikida Doppo
  • From the Kaleidoscope of Books (24) "Harping about the harp: the Japanese koto and koto music"
• Articles by NDL staff
  • Browsing library materials—A look at documents from medieval Japan, Part 1 A document from an arrogant sender?
  • National Diet Library (NDL) survey results at the AAS 2017 booth exhibition
• News from NDL
  • The English version of the digital exhibition "Japanese Children's Literature: A History from the International Library of Children's Literature Collections" is now available
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 673, May 2017 / No.674, June 2017

• Selections from NDL collections
  • Report of the exhibition "Autograph manuscripts and original artwork of well-known people 2" and the launch of the English version of digital exhibition"Autograph manuscripts and original artwork of well-known people"
  • Overflow tidbits of hot springs: From the Kaleidoscope of Books (23) "The world of hot springs spread from books"
• Events
  • The 7th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library, the National Assembly Library of Korea and the National Assembly Research Service
• Articles by NDL staff
  • The National Diet Library Midterm Vision: Universal Access 2020 And The National Diet Library Milestone Goals 2017–2020
• News from NDL
  • Training for Japanese Studies Librarians Outside of Japan: Library services practicum at the Kansai-kan of the NDL 2017
  • The NDL Booth at the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) 2017
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 671, March 2017 / No.672, April 2017

• Selections from NDL collections
  • A letter from Thursday Island
• Events
  • The 35th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
  • The 6th China-Japan-Korea Digital Library Initiative (CJKDLI) Meeting
• Articles by NDL staff
  • Rediscovering the Annex Building on its 30th Anniversary
• News from NDL
  • An English version of the Web NDL Authorities is available
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 669, January 2017 / No.670, February 2017