National Diet Library Newsletter

ISSN 1344-7238

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• Selections from NDL collections
  • Material recently designated as a rare book: Bunsho
  • Quiz―700 Questions About Things Japanese
  • The Tale of Genji in the palm of your hand―edutainment from the Edo period
• Articles by NDL staff
  • NDL participation in IFLA/WLIC 2019
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 703, November 2019 / No.704, December 2019

• Selections from NDL collections
  • Saionji Kinmochi and His Photographs
  • Exhibition in the Kansai-kan (26):
    Oh! Bento－Books about Japanese Lunches
  • Hiragana shimbun osana etoki
  • Materials newly available in the Modern Japanese Political History Materials Room (8)
  • Map Collections in the National Diet Library (1)
    Nihonzu
• News from NDL
  • Workshop on Rare Materials for Japanese Studies Librarians and Researchers: Learning Original Source Materials and Utilizing Digital Contents at the Tokyo Main Library of the NDL From March 2 to March 6, 2020
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • Selected Articles from the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 701/702, September/October 2019

• Selections from NDL collections
  • Imo hyakuchin: sweet potato dishes of the Edo Period
  • From the Kaleidoscope of Books (26)
    Expressing romance in words―the world of love letters
  • Materials newly available in the Modern Japanese Political History Materials Room (7)
  • Edogawa Ranpo and Motion Pictures ― Research at the Imperial Library
• Budget
  • NDL Budget for Fiscal Year 2019
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 699/700, July/August 2019

• Selections from NDL collections
  • The Katsu Kaishu Papers
    ―Newly digitized internal documents from the navy of the Tokugawa Shogunate―
  • Japanese Gardens that Have Disappeared from Maps―from the Ozawa Collection
  • Small Exhibition in the Kansai-kan (25):
    Marvels of the Human Body―past and present
• Events
  • Report: The 29th NDL Forum on Preservation
• News from NDL
  • Digitizing Materials on Modern Japanese Political History―
    Digitized Images of the Ito Hirobumi Papers
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 697, May 2019 / No. 698, June 2019

• Selections from NDL collections
  • Shiohi no tsuto (Gifts from the Ebb Tide)
  • Nezumikozo and the Tokugawa Shogunate—The Man and His Legend
  • Kyoho Meibutsucho―Legendary Japanese swords
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • Selected Articles from the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 695, March 2019 / No. 696, April 2019 [PDF:5.61 MB]

• Selections from NDL collections
  • Yodo sekigaki kai (School children at calligraphy performance)
• Events
  • The 12th APLAP (Association of Parliamentary Librarians of Asia and the Pacific) Conference in Tokyo
  • The 37th Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library and the National Library of China
• Articles by NDL staff
  • Memories of Verner W. Clapp: An interview with Rebecca Roe
  • The 70-year history of the reference services in the National Diet Library ― With a focus on two characteristic topics
• Selected list of articles from NDL periodicals
  • The NDL Monthly Bulletin No. 693, January 2019 / No. 694, February 2019