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Category: Japanese Studies

Japan Knowledge: Tennō Kōzoku Jitsuroku, Records of the Emperor and the Imperial Family
Digitization, Japanese Studies, Online Resources

Japan Knowledge: Tennō Kōzoku Jitsuroku, Records of the Emperor and the Imperial Family

Overview Part of the digital edition of the Tennō kōzoku jitsuroku 天皇皇族實錄 [Records of the Emperor and the Imperial Family] … Continue reading Japan Knowledge: Tennō Kōzoku Jitsuroku, Records of the Emperor and the Imperial Family

The Future of Researching Sartorial Japonisme: Using Digital Archives and Other Helpful Tools
Japanese Studies, Online Resources

The Future of Researching Sartorial Japonisme: Using Digital Archives and Other Helpful Tools

This is a post by contributing writer, Emma Donington-Kiey, an independent researcher and MA graduate of Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies from … Continue reading The Future of Researching Sartorial Japonisme: Using Digital Archives and Other Helpful Tools

Generating Kuzushiji Images with Soan
DH in Practice, Japanese Studies, Online Resources, Software, Teaching

Generating Kuzushiji Images with Soan

It is a rarity that writers at the Digital Orientalist explore projects that might be described as “DH for fun,” … Continue reading Generating Kuzushiji Images with Soan

Saving, organizing, and sharing data with Wakelet
Archiving, DH in General, DH in Practice, Japanese Studies, Online Resources, Social Media, Teaching, Visualization, Workflow

Saving, organizing, and sharing data with Wakelet

“For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned,” Benjamin Franklin wrote. Personally, lack of organization has always been … Continue reading Saving, organizing, and sharing data with Wakelet

The Evolution of Projects and the Importance of Reassessment
DH in General, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies

The Evolution of Projects and the Importance of Reassessment

At the Digital Orientalist we tend to review a lot of projects, tools and databases, but when we do so … Continue reading The Evolution of Projects and the Importance of Reassessment

Sources for Nikkei Documents in Brazil
DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Japanese Studies, Online Resources

Sources for Nikkei Documents in Brazil

Recently, a new project aiming at collecting and publicizing documents and books related to nikkei (descendants of Japanese emigrants) in … Continue reading Sources for Nikkei Documents in Brazil

The Multidisciplinary DH Classroom: Material Culture meets Digital Curation in Re-Envisioning Japan
DH in Practice, Japanese Studies, Teaching

The Multidisciplinary DH Classroom: Material Culture meets Digital Curation in Re-Envisioning Japan

This is a gust post by Joanne Bernardi This post introduces readers to Re-Envisioning Japan: Japan as Destination in 20th … Continue reading The Multidisciplinary DH Classroom: Material Culture meets Digital Curation in Re-Envisioning Japan

Genius loci (Part 2): Mapping places from Japanese texts
Coding, Digital Cartography, Japanese Studies, Visualization

Genius loci (Part 2): Mapping places from Japanese texts

This guest contribution is written by Anna Oskina. Introduction In my previous post, I showed how to extract proper names … Continue reading Genius loci (Part 2): Mapping places from Japanese texts

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

When CJK Metadata Gets Left Behind
Chinese Language, DH in Practice, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Online Resources, Workflow

When CJK Metadata Gets Left Behind

This is a guest post by Adam H. Lisbon. Many thanks to James Morris for coordinating it. In August of … Continue reading When CJK Metadata Gets Left Behind

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