Digital Humanities Projects
A collection of projects in Digital Archives, IIIF, AR/VR, AI/OCR, and more.
IIIF VR Viewer — WebXR
WebXR viewer displaying IIIF-compatible images at full scale. Experience cultural resources in a virtual Japanese room via VR headset or browser.
Kano Knowledge Portal
Integrated search portal for Kano Kōkichi's former collection and related documents across Tohoku, Tokyo, and Kyushu universities.
Org: 東京大学Digital Literary Map — Experimental
Experimental tools for the Digital Literary Map of Japan. AI-powered RAG search and interactive literary mapping.
Org: 大阪大学
TEI Tools — Conversion & Visualization
Browser-based tools for DOCX-to-TEI/XML conversion and TEI/XML syntax highlighting with preview, powered by TEI Garage API.
Org: 東洋文庫
Shouke Ryukyu Map Digital Archive
Digital archive of the Ryukyu Map held by the Okinawa Churashima Foundation. Web publication and analysis of inscribed information.
Org: 東京大学
Digital Suikoden
TEI/XML transcription data of Ming-era Suikoden editions with text-image viewer, named entity annotation, and collation display.
Org: 東京大学
IIIF Animated Viewer — AI Video Overlay
Viewer overlaying AI-generated videos (Google Veo) onto IIIF images. Brings Hyakki Yagyō scroll creatures to life with spatial audio and bilingual annotations.
Classical Japanese OCR — iOS App
Fully offline OCR app for classical and modern Japanese texts, powered by NDL AI models. Read kuzushiji and printed text on your smartphone.
Org: 国立国会図書館
IIIF Augmented Reality — iOS App
iOS app that overlays historical documents and old maps onto real space via AR using IIIF manifests. Useful for outdoor map comparison and fieldwork.
Physical Ruler Plugin for Mirador v4
Plugin adding a physical scale ruler (cm/mm) to the IIIF viewer Mirador v4. Enables actual-size measurement of historical documents in the browser.
TEI–3D Model Association System
System associating TEI XML-marked text elements with specific parts of 3D models, bidirectionally linking document descriptions with 3D visualization.
Epidemic Chronology Database
Database on infectious disease outbreaks in late 19th–early 20th century China. View epidemic chronology data from Medical Reports on an interactive map.
Org: 東洋文庫
Digital Literary Map of Japan
Utamakura and famous-place annotation tool. Plots literary place names on a map for cross-domain exploration.
Org: 大阪大学
YouTube GPS Viewer
Syncs 360-degree video from Insta360 X5 with GPX GPS data. Real-time visualization of 360-degree footage and location on a map.
IIIF Annotation Viewer — Clustering
IIIF Presentation API v3 annotation viewer with marker clustering for large annotation sets. Includes virtual scroll and search.
Olfactory Database for Genji Monogatari
Database collecting olfactory expressions in The Tale of Genji. Core component of multisensory DH research.
NDL Koten OCR Lite — Next.js Port
Next.js port of NDL Koten OCR-lite. Browser-friendly interface for kuzushiji (classical cursive) OCR.
Image Collection Manager
Service for organizing, publishing, and sharing image collections. IIIF-compliant, scalably operated on AWS.
Org: 連想出版
IIIF 3D Viewer
Viewer providing 3D model display and annotation based on IIIF manifests. Built with Three.js.
NDL Koten OCR Lite — IIIF Integration
Tool that runs NDL classical script OCR on all images in a manifest by entering an IIIF manifest URL.
Distributed Text Services Viewer
Application for browsing and searching text collections using the DTS (Distributed Text Services) API.
IIIF Annotator
Tool for annotating IIIF images using Annotorious v3. Data persisted via Firebase.
15th Century Japan/Ryukyu Maps Archive
Digital archive of 15th-century maps of Japan and Ryukyu. IIIF-compliant image publication and structured map data.
Org: 東京大学
CSV Viewer — URL-based CSV Browser
Web-based CSV viewer that loads CSV files via URL or query parameter and displays them as an interactive table with paging, search, and sorting. Ships with quick-load samples including the Omeka S BulkImport Dublin Core layout. Built with Tailwind CSS, PapaParse, and DataTables.
nihuBridge LOD — Shōen Database
Site providing National Museum of Japanese History database data in LOD format via the nihuBridge platform.
Org: 人間文化研究機構Kōi Genji DTS API
Distributed Text Services API for the Kōi Genji Monogatari text database. Provides programmatic access to text data.
Historical Audio — Whisper + IIIF Search
System transcribing historical audio with Whisper and structuring as IIIF annotations. Enables timestamped cross-search of audio content.
Org: 国立国会図書館Digital Teaching Material Creation Support System
Prototype system supporting the creation of teaching materials.
Org: 連想出版
Omeka S Themes Browser
Tool displaying star counts and thumbnails for Omeka S themes published on GitHub.
TEI Genetic Editions Viewer
Prototype digital critical edition of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Geneva manuscript, utilizing DTS API and TEI XML.
Org: 筑波大学
S×UKILAM LOD Easy Application
Application leveraging educational metadata LOD. Integrates educational resources via IIIF, SPARQL, and RDF.
Miyakonojo Shimazu Ryukyu Map Archive
Digital archive of the Ryukyu Parallel Islands Map held by the Miyakonojo Shimazu Residence. IIIF publication with detailed metadata.
Org: 東京大学
Medieval Zen Texts Research Project
Publication site for the Medieval Zen Texts Research Project. Provides TEI/XML transcriptions with side-by-side image and text viewing.
Org: 東京大学
Webcat Plus — Associative Search
Associative search service for books, works, and people. Uses Elasticsearch and SPARQL for cross-domain knowledge exploration.
Org: 連想出版
Toyo Bunko Media Repository
Image repository of the Toyo Bunko collection. Publicly accessible IIIF-compliant materials.
Org: 東洋文庫
Historiographical Image Page Search
Full-text search across page-level images of historiographical sources published by the Historiographical Institute, the University of Tokyo. Combines NDL OCR text with IIIF image delivery, and offers Ngram time-series visualization, gazetteer-driven map browsing, and keyword-region highlighting over the IIIF viewer. Built on Next.js 16 + AWS OpenSearch + OpenNext + SST v4.
Org: 東京大学史料編纂所
Engi shiki Database
Site publishing structured text of the Engishiki. Combines TEI/XML markup with IIIF-compliant image publication.
Org: 国立歴史民俗博物館
Shōho Ryukyu Map Digital Archive
Digital archive publishing and analyzing the Shōho Ryukyu Map online. IIIF compliant.
Org: 東京大学
Wakozukan Digital Archive
Digital archive publishing the Wakozukan (Wako Pirates Scroll) online with tools for analyzing inscribed information. IIIF compliant.
Org: 東京大学
Yūrenji Jiaxing Tripitaka Catalogue Database
Bibliographic database of the Jiaxing Tripitaka held by Yūrenji, based on a comprehensive survey. IIIF and TEI compliant.
Org: 東洋文庫
Digital Genji — AI Image Search
AI-powered image search system for Tale of Genji images in the NDL Digital Collections, implementing similarity search.
Org: 東京大学
Shibusawa Eiichi Diary — TEI Digital Edition
TEI/XML digital edition of Shibusawa Eiichi's diary and meeting schedules. Outcome of collaborative research with the National Museum of Japanese History.
Org: 国立歴史民俗博物館, 渋沢栄一記念財団Tadao Umesao Archives Database
Database for searching and browsing image resources from Tadao Umesao's nature notebooks, discovery notes, field notes, albums, letters, and other materials. Released in conjunction with the centenary exhibition \
Org: 国立民族学博物館
Cultural Heritage Aggregation Platform
Platform for cross-searching Japanese cultural heritage digital archives. Multi-collection integration infrastructure compliant with IIIF.
Org: 連想出版Hieratische Paläographie DB
Searchable database of hieratic (ancient Egyptian) script forms from Georg Möller's Hieratische Paläographie (1909–36). Uses IIIF images held by the Asian Research Library of the University of Tokyo, with RDF/SPARQL support.
Org: 筑波大学
Digital Genji Monogatari
Research platform for The Tale of Genji. Integrated environment for browsing text and images using IIIF and TEI/XML.
Org: 東京大学
Kōi Genji Monogatari Text Database
Database publishing text data of Kōi Genji Monogatari in LOD, DTS, and IIIF formats with TEI/XML structured text.
Org: 東京大学
Yanaka–Nezu–Sendagi Magazine Archive
Digital archive of issues 1–10 of the local magazine "Yanaka, Nezu, Sendagi" (1984–) and its related materials, in collaboration with Mayumi Mori and Yanesen Kobo. Published as a minimal IIIF Presentation API 3.0 implementation served as static JSON on GitHub Pages, viewable directly in Theseus Viewer and other IIIF clients.
Org: 地域文化資源デジタルアーカイブ / 谷根千工房
IIIF Georeference Viewer
Viewer supporting the IIIF Georeference Extension. Visualizes georeferencing data from IIIF manifests on a map.