Exhibition

Dutch Scholars and Western Studies
in commemoration of the release of the Kotenseki Sogo Database

Also presented (until April 20):
"Kare-eda ni, Kasa-yadori Gasan" by Matsuo Basho (New Acquisition)

SUGITA Ganpaku

OTSUKI Gentaku

Exhibits In commemorating the release of the database, the library holds this exhibition titled "Dutch Scholars and Western Studies" displaying about 30 principal materials from the collection. Shirando Shingenkaizu Portrait of Aoki Konyo Portrait of Hiraga Gennai "Jutei Kaitai Shinsho" by Otsuki Gentaku "Orandasen zusetsu" by Hayashi Shihei "Hokusa bunryaku hurokuzu" katsuragawa Kuniakira "Edo Haruma" edited and translated by Inamura Sanpaku "Nagasaki Haruma" edited by Hendrik Doeff "Kinkai Kikan" edited by Otsuki Bankei ...etc. Also presented (until April 20) : "Kare-eda ni, Kasa-yadori Gasan" by Matsuo Basho (New Acquisition 2005)

About the Kotenseki Sogo Database

From December 14, 2005, Waseda University Library has begun sequentially digitizing its collection of 300,000 Japanese and Chinese classical works (including over 200 national treasures and important cultural properties) and made them available to the general public along with its bibliographical data. On the occasion of the first public data release, the Library is spotlighting "Western Studies", one of its distinctive collections.

Press release on December 15, 2005:
Waseda University Library Announces Start of "Classics Database"