U-PARL has published its 2023 leaflet
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
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”
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
A user guide for the Digital Chinese Rare Book Collection of the Harvard-Yenching Library.
Receiving the Materials Donated by the Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO: Binding Together the Thoughts and Hopes Accumulated Along with the People of Asia
Associate Professor Yuto KITAMURA contributed a commentary on the literacy education materials donated by ACCU.
Thailand’s “Cremation Volumes”: A Treasure Trove of Socio-economic History Research
Professor SUEHIRO, a concurrent professor of U-PARL, introduces Thailand’s “Cremation Volumes” in this article. Readers who are interested in Thailand and economic and social history should not miss it!