Editor’s Digest February 2024: Northeast Asian Studies
Since the second half of 2023, we have been publishing editor’s digests, which aim to quickly summarize the things we … Continue reading Editor’s Digest February 2024: Northeast Asian Studies
Category: Japanese Studies
El Archivo de las Índias (the General Archive of the Indies) and the PARES Project: A Brief Introduction and Review
This is a guest post by Raúl Cervera, with special thanks to David Perez Arcé. See information about the author … Continue reading El Archivo de las Índias (the General Archive of the Indies) and the PARES Project: A Brief Introduction and Review
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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