“U-PARL Selections”
18.Mar.2024
Asian studies have been prolific at the University of Tokyo since it was an Imperial University, and now it boasts the largest collection of related items in Japan.
Barbershops in Japan and Pakistan
15.Mar.2024
In Pakistan, barbershops often use place names or names of beautiful flowers or women.
Novels, Travelogues, Poetry Collections, Reports, and Bibliographies Dedicated to the King of Fruits
14.Mar.2024
Mangoes could be a drink? Here are a few stories about mangoes.
Pakistani Festivals in Japan
8.Mar.2024
Here is a report of “Pakistan Japan Friendship Festival” in Tokyo.
How to find materials related to Islam in Japan in the Digital Collections of the National Diet Library
6.Mar.2024
You could browse books from the National Diet Library Japan on the internet.
FIHRIST 101
1.Mar.2024
This is the brief introduction to FIHRIST, an online catalogue of Islamic manuscripts.
What do Japanese Researchers Eat During Field Work?
27.Feb.2024
Project research fellow SUNAGA talks about the food situation in the field in countries where it is difficult to eat out.
The Maze of Bookshops
21.Feb.2024
This column by Project Research Fellow Emiko SUNAGA introduces Urdu Bazaar, Asia's leading book market in Pakistan.
U-PARL has published its 2023 leaflet
22.Jun.2023
The leaflet features designs of Asian landscapes, fabrics, and text. The mandarin-orange cover contains texts in Vietnamese, Chinese, Urdu, and French. Yuki Shibuya and Emiko Sunaga, project research fellows at U-PARL, will provide explanations regarding these inscription.
Introduction to the Automated Storage
4.Nov.2021
Are you acquainted with the Automated Storage? The General Library of UTokyo is equipped with a huge underground Automated Storage capable of storing about 3 million books. Here is a report by the U-PARL staff who went on an excursion to the Automated Storage, which is usually closed to access.
The Ever-Changing “Ikubaku 幾何”
19.Dec.2017
A column piece by Professor Hideki KIMURA, specialist in Chinese linguistics, is now available online.
【From the World’s Libraries】Digital Chinese Rare Book Collection of the Harvard-Yenching Library
30.Nov.2017
A user guide for the Digital Chinese Rare Book Collection of the Harvard-Yenching Library.