Digital Storytelling in the Digitisation of Japanese Botanical Specimens in RBG, Kew’s Collections
For the past year and a half, I have worked as a digitisation quality assurance and team leader at Royal…
Tag: Japan
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…
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…
Japan Knowledge: Tennō Kōzoku Jitsuroku, Records of the Emperor and the Imperial Family
Overview Part of the digital edition of the Tennō kōzoku jitsuroku 天皇皇族實錄 [Records of the Emperor and the Imperial Family]…
The Historical Museum of Japanese Immigration in Brazil – Digital resources for researching Japanese immigration
Many people may be unaware, but Brazil has the most numerous Japanese community outside Japan, with a population of more…