transcription link to image data

A new style online catalogue
for Early Japanese Books
bibliographic description
through text data and image data
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HIDEO YAMANAKA
Tenri University
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Table of Contents
Functions of Catalogue
Sources of the Bibliographic Description
Limitations of the Bibliographic Information
based ONLY on Text
Combination of Text Data and Image Data
Issues about the Costs
Conclusion
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Functions of Catalogue
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Four function
Find → Identify → Select → Obtain
Identify of described material
Compatible bibliographic description
→ based on a standard cataloguing rules
→ codes for source of information for bibliographic
description
Early Japanese Books
Many variations
→ many typographic styles which differ according to
epochs and/or genres
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Sources of the bibliographic description
Offer the users useful information to make the item
distinguish from other items
→ provide the source of bibliographic information
Transcript of the source of information
Traditional method for descriptive catalogue of rare books
• Western books – title page (almost)
• Japanese books – scattered in different parts
Both users and cataloguer share the information of
described books
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Transcription
: western rare book
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Transcription : Japanese rare book
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Limitations of bibliographic
information based ONLY on text data
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Traditional method
→ recording the description of items through the text
data
Early Japanese books
In some cases, when expressed in text data
• ambiguous or redundant
• difficulty to re-create the layout of the source
How is it express to solve these issues?
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Example
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: issue of redundancy
〈Kanki〉
many publisher
『九州軍記』
NOTE：
刊記「天明八戌申歳十月/ 大阪書林心斎橋筋久太郎町河内屋喜兵衛
/心斎橋筋南久寳寺町河内屋八兵衛/ 發行書肆江戸日本橋南壱丁
目須原屋茂兵衞/ 同浅草茅町二丁目同伊八/ 日本橋通二丁目山
城屋佐兵衞 / 同芝神明前岡田屋嘉七 / 同兩国横山三丁目和泉
屋金右衞門 / 同下谷池端仲町岡村庄助 / 同本銀町三丁目永樂
屋丈助 / 同十軒店英屋大助 / 京都三條通御幸町角吉野屋仁兵
衛 / 尾州名古屋本町通永樂屋東四郎 / 同同所菱屋藤兵衞/大阪
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心斎橋筋久太郎町河内屋喜兵衞板」
Example : representation of a layout (1)
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author
painter
title
Cover of book
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Example : representation of a layout (2)
author
painter
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title
Volume number
Verso of cover （Mikaeshi 見返し）and prologue（Jo 序）
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Combination of text data and image
data
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Settlement of the limitation of text data
→ offering also image data
Image data
Precise information about its dimensions, colour,
design, condition of the title, etc.
→ providing substantial information for users
→ combine image data together with text data
But not defined as all existent cataloguing codes
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General sample (based on NACSIS-CAT format)
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ACCN: 006757383
NCID: BA67573834
RTYP: P
YEAR: 1749
CNTY: ja
TTLL: jpn
TXTL: jpn
TITL: 歌人漫筆 2巻 / 北村季吟 [編] ；萱草生行 [画]
TITY: カジンマンピツ TITY： Kajin manpitsu
MATY: 刊
PHYS: 2冊：見開き3図(乾、坤冊共) ； 21.8×15.3cm
VTTL: VT: 哥人漫筆 || カジンマンピツ || Kajin manpitsu
PUBL: 浪花 : 長門屋兵助, 嘉永2 [1749]
NOTE: 「岩津々志」の改題再刷本
NOTE: 序題「歌人漫筆乾」(乾冊は序題のみ改変。本文巻頭には元の「岩津々志上」を残す)
NOTE: 巻頭「歌人漫筆坤」
NOTE: 題簽左肩双辺黄紙「歌人漫筆乾」「哥人漫筆坤」
NOTE: 責任表示は跋より。跋に「岩つゝしの一帖は誰人のかけるとも見えぬを/北村季吟老人の述作し
給へる書とて [中略] /今所々に畫図を加へあつさにち/りはめておこなふ事しかなり/洛邊散人萱草生行
書之」とあり
NOTE: 刊記「嘉永二年酉正月/浪花書肆心齋橋通大北向イ長門屋兵助」
NOTE: 匡郭四周単辺 17.5×12.9cm
NOTE: 印記「竹柏園文庫」
WORK:歌人漫筆 WORKL: WK[797568]
AUTH: 北村, 季吟(1624-1705)||キタムラ, キギン <DA00759366> ATL: AU14267
AUTH: 萱草, 生行||カヤクサ, セイコウ <DA14465410> ATL: AU122270
VOL: VOLN：乾 VOLN：坤
SH : 国書：歌書
IMLINK: 序題，巻頭，題簽，刊記
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Costs in the realization of this new form
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Spreading of digital library
the photographic reproduction of early Japanese books
→ alternative texts of original
→ with deep care and facing high costs
This proposal
Not necessary to reproduce the whole text
Not need to devote many funds
→ test to verify the applicability of this proposal
‘Marega collection’ at Universita’ Pontificia Salesiana in Rome
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Equipment for photograph
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at Marega collection
Università Pontificia Salesiana ,
Biblioteca “Don Bosco” in Roma
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Advantages of this method
Distinction of the passages photographed
Take photographs of the parts needed immediately
Costs
Extremely reduced costs
Additional job of librarian
Not require a high photographic quality
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Conclusions
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Realization of this new style
Not defined as cataloguing codes
→ but in MARC21, available to record
Online catalogue of Marega collection
• Publish via web from next January
Recognition as standard rules
One of the regulations of the Union Catalogue
For best use of Early Japanese Books
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