Practical examples and theoretical reflections on the do's and don'ts of using digital tools for your study and research in African and Asian Studies.
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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 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
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