Education and Technology: Understanding History through Anime Productions
This guest post was written by Virgine Borges de Castilho Sacoman (UNISINOS). Learn more about her work here. Since I…
Category: Japanese Studies
PR Strategy and Social Media of Japan’s Imperial Household Agency
The Imperial Household Agency is the government administrative body with jurisdiction over the Imperial Family of Japan. It is also…
Using TEI to study Edward Sylvester Morse’s Japan Diaries in the Peabody Essex Museum Collection (Part 1)
TEI (text-encoding initiative) is a digital humanities method that enriches plain text transcriptions using .xml tags. It is most commonly…
Returning to Denshi Jisho: The Ongoing Benefits of Electronic Dictionaries
In 2021, I wrote a short piece for the Digital Orientalist entitled “Denshi Jisho: Are they still worth your time?”…
The Hiroshi Komiyama Collection, Database of Character Forms
During the DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion: Graphic Culture Research Grant’s annual research report meeting in November 2023, I had…
Exploring Digital Humanities in the Classroom (Part 1)
This is a guest post by Joanne Bernardi. Overview This post introduces a series on digital pedagogy, specifically, designing and…
Komonjo Camera, the AI App for Reading Cursive Japanese Characters
Overview In June 2023, TOPPAN Corporation released an application for iOS, the Komonjo Camera 古文書カメラ. This was followed by an…
Japan’s Imperial Household Agency: The Archives and Mausolea Department Catalog and Image Disclosure System
Overview The Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo is an administrative body under the Cabinet Office for affairs relating to the…
Ainu Fish Skin Robes and 3D Digital Animation for Sustainable Fashion Production: An Interview with Ana Cordoba Crespo
This is an interview by contributing writer, Emma Donington Kiey, with fashion designer Ana Cordoba Crespo, on her involvement with…
Editor’s Digest February 2024: Northeast Asian Studies
Since the second half of 2023, we have been publishing editor’s digests, which aim to quickly summarize the things we…