Statistical Data

Property and Buildings

Property

Property area

31,120㎡

Buildings

Building Name	Area (in ㎡)	Function
South Research Wing	1,721	Individual offices for faculty members, project rooms and graduate student rooms.
Research Exchange Wing	837	Facility for the exchange of information among Center and outside researchers, featuring comfortable, homey atmosphere.
Conference Room I	442	Conference room with a capacity of 60 for large-scale team research projects and meetings.
International Exchange Wing	797	Facility for seminars, presentations of information to both Japanese and foreign researchers, and for other research-related activities.
Information and Administrative Wing	3,043	Library and research information facilities (Library Division and Computer Division) and administrative offices.
Library Reading Room	833	Library reading room holding approximately 60,000 volumes and audio visual room.
North Research Wing	2,113	Conference rooms, laboratories and faculty offices.
Auditorium	2,239	Facility for international symposia, lectures, and other programs oriented towards the general public.
Services Wing	1,130	Service facilities including a restaurant for Center faculty and staff and exhibition space.
Nichibunken House	1,587	Residential facility for the Center's visiting faculty. (10 double units; 5 family units; 25 single units)
Library	1,398	Library stacks housing 200,000 volumes and audiovisual collections with facilities for periodical browsing and research.
Total	16,140

Library Holdings (As of March 31, 2009)

Books

Category	Number of Volumes
Translations of Books on Japan in Western Languages (Japanese)	3,063
Books on Japan in Western Languages (Non-Japanese)	53,091
Fundamental Works for Japanese Studies (Japanese)	289,738
Fundamental Works for Japanese Studies (Non-Japanese)	83,338
Reference Books for Japanese Studies (Japanese)	5,168
Reference Books for Japanese Studies (Non-Japanese)	2,126
Total	436,524

Periodicals

Category Number of Titles Japanese Periodicals 6,483 Non-Japanese Language Periodicals 1,188 Total 7,671

Current Subscriptions Number of Titles Japanese 1,291 Non-Japanese 1,095 Total 2,386

Periodicals

Category	Number	Contents
DVD	467
Video Tapes	3,172
CD-ROMs	271
CDs	1,376
LDs	45
LPs	54
Cassette Tapes	108
Foreign Images of Japan	56,911	Photos of illustrations, etc. from non-Japanese books on Japan.
Early Photographs	5,630	Photos from early souvenir photo albums.
Glass Photographs	4,848	Photographs of scenery and people printed on glass.
Photographs by Individuals	162,000	Photos by ASANO Kiichi, TAKAHASHI Yoshiyuki, and OKAZAKI Ayaakira.

 

Databases

Nichibunken Collection Rare Books & Research Materials

Category	Number	Contents
Rare Books	42items	Database of images of all rare books in the collection of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (primarily books treating Japan in Western languages published before the opening of the country to foreign commerce in the 1850s). In addition to graphic images of all pages of these rare books, the database contains searchable text with bibliographic information, tables of contents of the books, and captions of the illustrations in the books.
Database of Writings on Japan in Western Languages	1,057items	Nichibunken's collection of pre-1900 Western publications dealing with Japan.
Database of Foreign Images of Japan	56,911items	Nichibunken's collection of photographs, illustrations, and other visual images of Japan or Japan-related subjects from around the world.
Early Photographs	5,431items	Hand-colored photographs of Japan and accompanying text dating from the end of the Edo Period through the beginning of the Meiji Period.
Database of Japanese Art in Overseas Collections	5,883items	Images and textual information on Japanese art in foreign collections, including paintings, prints, ceramics, lacquerware, etc.
Database of Heian jinbutsu shi Information	927pages	Description of the database contents: Heian jinbutsu shi is a Who's Who of Kyoto in the Edo period. It brings together information on literati and connoisseurs of various arts from all parts of the city and its environs. The first edition appeared in 1768 and the ninth and last edition in 1867. Between those dates, revised and expanded editions of the directory were published approximately once a decade, in 1775, 1783, 1813, 1822, 1830, 1838, and 1852. This database is constructed on the basis of original works that are all in the collection of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies.
Database of Heian jinbutsu shi tanzaku Information	947items	Description of the database contents: Heian jinbutsu shi is a Who's Who of Kyoto in the early modern period. It brings together information on literati and connoisseurs of various arts from all parts of the city and its environs. Heian jinbutsu shi tanzakucho is a collection of rectangular cards (tanzaku) on which poems were written by persons whose names appear in the Heian jinbutsu shi. The originals are holograph brush-written poems. This database is constructed on the basis of tanzaku that are all in the collection of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies.
SODA Collection: Pictorial and Miscellaneous Materials,Rare Books	1,104items	The SODA Collection, originally the collection of the medical historian SODA Hajime (1921-1996) contains books and prints related to the history of medicine, history of pharmacy and the cultural history of medicine. The major portion of digitized resources here is pictorial.
Miyako nenju gyoji gajo (Picture Album of Annual Festivals in the Miyako)	103items	The Miyako nenju gyoji gajo (Showa 3, 1928) in the Nichibunken library collection is made available for electronic viewing. It is a two-volume album of hand painted pictures on silk by NAKAJIMA Soyo, depicting the annual festivals and customs of Kyoto at the beginning of the Showa period. These paintings are accompanied by explanatory texts written by the folklorist and Kyoto scholar EMA Tsutomu.
Maps Database in the collection	846items	This database contains information found in maps, primarily maps of early modern (mid-16th-mid-19th centuries) cities. Visual image data supplements information from maps in the collection of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies.
Zuroku Bei-O kairan jikki	317items	'Zuroku Bei-O kairan jikkiÅe (ÅgIllustrated true account of the observations of the ambassadors plenipotentiary of America and EuropeÅh) is a collection of illustrations and descriptive passages related to those illustrations from Tokumei zenken taishi Bei-O kairan jikki ( A true account of the observations of the ambassadors plenipotentiary of America and Europe) written by Kume Kunitake, published in 1878.
Kinsei kijinden: Sei and Zoku	97items	The digitized full text and prints of Kinsei kijinden. (Chinese characters in the old form have been replaced with present day equivalents. Characters and syllabary not in the JIS Code have been replaced with those having the same meaning and pronunciation.)
Database of Illustrations of Historic Places in Kyoto	24items	Database of digitized ultra-high-quality images of Meisho Zue (drawings of historic places in Kyoto in Edo and Meiji periods) held at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies. It will help researchers to study pre-modern lifestyles and customs of Heian-Kyoto through drawings.
Database of Enpon (Ukiyo-e Erotic Books)	428items	Database of basic bibliographic data and digitized ultra-high-quality images of Enpon (Ukiyo-e Erotic Books) during the early modern era the International Center for Japanese Studies has collected.

 

Japanese Studies Research Materials

Category	Number	Contents
Folk tale Data of Strange Phenomena and Yokai (Monstrous Beings)	35,701items	Bibliographic information collected from folklore research in Japan concerning strange occurrences, horrible experiences and the appearance of Yokai and other supernatural beings (monsters, ghosts, spirits and evil or divine creatures).
Old Maps of Nagasaki	141items	Nichibunken has created a database of 221 color photographic images of items in the collection of old maps of Nagasaki in the collection of the Nagasaki Municipal Museum, along with catalogue information pertaining to these images from Nagasaki Shiritsu Hakubutsukan shiryê mokuroku: Tosho, chizu, shashin shiryê hen (Catalogue of Materials in the Nagasaki Municipal Museum: Books, Maps, and Photographic Materials). These images and the related catalogue information were digitized by Nichibunken.
Database of Civil Judgement Files	549,101items	Text and images of Civil Judgement Files dating from the early Meiji Period of Japan.
Mysterious Stories of Kannon Bodhisattva in Ukiyoe	100items	About one hundred and sixty years ago, a series of ukiyoe of Kannon Pilgrimage woodblook prints was published that became immensely popular. This database intends to present the pictures of the Kannon reigenki vividly and to interpret their miraculous legends.
Otake Dainichi-nyorai engi emaki(History of the Otake Buddha)	150items	The Otake Dainich-nyorai engi emaki is painted on three scrolls and in the possession of Kotakuji-Shozenin, the headquarters and training center of the Haguro Shugendo sect. This emaki explains the origin of the Otake Dainichi-do, a sanctuary within the temple's compound enshrining Otake Dainichi Buddha. The scrolls depict the legend of the woman Otake, who is considered by Haguro Shugendo to be an incarnation of Dainichi Buddha. This database, with digitized pictures of the emaki and Otake related resources, was created with the full support of Shozenin.
Bibliography of Family History and Historical Demography	<8,154 items on Family History> <1,603 items on Historical Demography>	This database contains bibliographic information on literature in the research fields of family history and historical demography. In the case of family history, the indexed literature is on the family in Japan. In the case of historical demography, the indexed literature is on the history of population in Japan and the discipline of historical demography in Japan.
Renga Database	197,228items	This database contains all renga collections, composed before the Eiroku era (up until the death of renga poet Soyo) and the major works since and up until the Bakumatsu period. Professor SETA Katsuhiro of Nara National College of Technology, who collected this material, has graciously donated this data to Nichibunken to support Japanese studies.
Waka Database	190,423items	All twenty-one Imperial anthologies, the Manyoshu, Hubokuwakashu and other major individual waka collections are contained in the database. Professor SETA Katsuhiro of Nara National College of Technology, who collected this material, has graciously donated this data to Nichibunken to support Japanese studies.
Haikai Database	25,652items	This database contains the major haiku collections, including Basho and Buson. Professor SETA Katsuhiro of Nara National College of Technology, who collected this material, has graciously donated this data to Nichibunken to support Japanese studies.
Keyword Search by Kigo(Season Word)	35,811items	This search engine can index 35,000 kigo in the waka, renga and haikai databases. It can also be used independently.
Art and Pictorial Collection nof Strage Phenomena and Yokai (Monstrous Beings)	16items	Digitized ultra-high-quality images of Yokai Emaki (Picture Scrolls with Monstrous Beings) held at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies.
Archaeological Spatial Analysis by Geographic Information System (GIS)	4,701items	Database of Heiankyo-Kyoto Ruins, Earthquake Ruins, and Saga-Yayoi Ruins.

 

WebOPAC

Category	Number	Contents
OPAC Nichibunken Library Database	Total Holdings 433,631 Books and Magazines 261,268	Information on books and periodicals in the Nichibunken library collections.

Japanese Studies Institutions Overseas

Category	Number	Contents
Database of Japanese Studies Institutions Overseas	1,654items	Information on Japanese Studies institutions and individual researchers outside of Japan.

Nichibunken Publications Article Titles

Category	Number	Contents
Japan Review	197items	The International Research Center for Japanese Studies' main English-language bulletin, Japan Review is an annual compilation of articles by Nichibunken faculty and team research project members.
Nihon kenkyu	419items	A Japanese-language journal of articles by Nichibunken faculty and team research project participants. Published biannually since 1989, Nihon Kenkyu is the primary scholarly journal of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies.
Nichibunken Forum Report	122items	Papers given by visiting faculty at Nichibunken Forums.

Databases for In-House Use

Category	Number	Contents
Database of television Commercials	4,412items	Moving images from and text data on prizewinning television commercials; items in this database won awards from the Japanese association of commercial broadcasters between 1986 and 1997.

Use of Nichibunken by Outside Researchers (2008)

Team Research Project Members

Category	Number of People	Notes
Members	387	Members for the fifteen team research projects.
Guest Speakers	41	Invited speakers to Team Research Projects.

Library Use

Category	Number
Attendance	23,466
Books Borrowed	14,291
Book Searches	1,178
Requests for Photocopies to Other Institutions	1,944
Requests for Photocopies from Other Institutions	2,105
Interlibrary Loan Requests to Other Institutions	1,244
Interlibrary Loan Requests from Other Institutions	999

Symposia, Etc.

Category	Annual Occurrences	Attendance
Public Lectures	3	1,125
Tokyo Lectures	1	502
Special Public Lecture	1	513
Symposia Lectures	1	270
Nichibunken Open Day Lectures	1	315
Nichibunken Forums	11	1,213
And so on.	2	955

 

Nichibunken Open Day s

Attendance

391

 

E-mail

Category	Number
Received	503,513
Sent	230,866

 

Internet Web Site

No. of pages accessed

56,297,961

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