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Author: James Harry Morris

The Marega Collection Database: A Review and Introduction
Japanese Studies, Online Resources

The Marega Collection Database: A Review and Introduction

The Digital Orientalist has long published pieces pertaining to the study of the history of Christianity in Japan. In 2021, … Continue reading The Marega Collection Database: A Review and Introduction

A Critical Introduction to the Repository of Digital Humanities Resources for Early Modern Japanese Literature
Japanese Studies, Online Resources

A Critical Introduction to the Repository of Digital Humanities Resources for Early Modern Japanese Literature

The Digital Turn in Early Modern Japanese Studies was held from the 2nd to the 4th of December 2022. The … Continue reading A Critical Introduction to the Repository of Digital Humanities Resources for Early Modern Japanese Literature

A Beginner’s Guide to Inputting Historical Kana: Installing a Font for “Hentaigana”
Japanese Studies

A Beginner’s Guide to Inputting Historical Kana: Installing a Font for “Hentaigana”

There are several ways to render historical kana (commonly known as variant kana or hentaigana 変体仮名) in our writing or … Continue reading A Beginner’s Guide to Inputting Historical Kana: Installing a Font for “Hentaigana”

Practicing Reading Cursive Japanese with Miwo
Japanese Studies, OCR, Software, Teaching

Practicing Reading Cursive Japanese with Miwo

Most people involved in Japanese studies with access to a smartphone or tablet will be aware of the kuzushiji (cursive … Continue reading Practicing Reading Cursive Japanese with Miwo

Live Text for Japanese
Japanese Studies, Software

Live Text for Japanese

Since the launch of iOS 15 and an iPadOS 15.1, iPhone and iPad users have been able to use Live … Continue reading Live Text for Japanese

A Review of Uchimura Kanzō Zenshū: DVD Edition
Biblical Studies, Japanese Studies, Software

A Review of Uchimura Kanzō Zenshū: DVD Edition

Scholars of Christianity in Japan will undoubtedly come across the work of Uchimura Kanzō 内村鑑三 (1861-1930) during their research. Uchimura’s … Continue reading A Review of Uchimura Kanzō Zenshū: DVD Edition

Transkribus and Kirishitanban: Some Initial Experiments
Japanese Studies, OCR, Software

Transkribus and Kirishitanban: Some Initial Experiments

Inspired by a workshop given by Dr. Alex Mallett (Waseda University) that I attended in May last year, I recently … Continue reading Transkribus and Kirishitanban: Some Initial Experiments

Japan Search: Much ado about nothing
Japanese Studies, Online Resources, Workflow

Japan Search: Much ado about nothing

Japan Search is a searchable portal that aggregates content from digital archives from, at present, 125 different databases managed by … Continue reading Japan Search: Much ado about nothing

Minna de Honkoku and the Cambridge Summer School in Japanese Early Modern Palaeography: An Interview, Part 2
DH in Practice, Japanese Studies, Online Resources, Teaching

Minna de Honkoku and the Cambridge Summer School in Japanese Early Modern Palaeography: An Interview, Part 2

Today I am happy to introduce the second and final part of our interview with Prof. Hashimoto Yuta (National Museum … Continue reading Minna de Honkoku and the Cambridge Summer School in Japanese Early Modern Palaeography: An Interview, Part 2

Minna de Honkoku and the Cambridge Summer School in Japanese Early Modern Palaeography: An Interview, Part 1
DH in Practice, Japanese Studies, Online Resources, Teaching

Minna de Honkoku and the Cambridge Summer School in Japanese Early Modern Palaeography: An Interview, Part 1

Long term readers of the Digital Orientalist will likely remember pieces that I wrote on “Digital Resources for Japanese Palaeography” … Continue reading Minna de Honkoku and the Cambridge Summer School in Japanese Early Modern Palaeography: An Interview, Part 1

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