Announcement

We are pleased to annouce that the digitized images of 31 materials (107 volumes, 5,054 images) from the Kasuga Masaji & Kazuo Collection have just been published online and become available at the Kyushu University Collections.

• List of all the digitized materials from the Kasuga Masaji & Kazuo Collection (Kyushu University Collection)
• List of digitized materials (Excel)

Examples

• 金光明最勝王経 (Vols.1-10, transcript of late Nara period) [top left]
• 無量義経説法品第二 [top right]
• 慶長勅版：軄原抄 (北畠 親房, 1599)​ [bottom left]
• Momotaro (Thompson David,1886) [bottom right]

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This project was funded by the Kyushu University Interdisciplinary Programs in Education and Projects in Research Development (P&P) (PI: ISHITA Emi, Associate Professor, University Library).

And one more thing. We will hold a special exhibition named "Magana, Kana, Kana - The history of Kana (the Japanese syllabary) and the literary style -" from 13th to 21st May at the Central Library (Hakozaki campus). You can meet the real materials of these images there. Don't miss it.
https://www.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/events/magana