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D. Dazai Osamu Manuscripts Online
Remote Access: OK
Contains Dazai Osamu-related documents in the collection of the Museum of Modern Japanese Literature, including diaries, notebooks, and manuscripts and drafts in his own hand, as well as his school textbooks. The database allows for viewing of digital images and bibliographical notes and keyword search is available for the full texts of first publications.
E. EBSCOhost
Remote Access: OK
The following EBSCO-interfaced eBooks are searchable and may be read in their entirety. Please search under the following titles:
- Nihon zuihitsu taisei (105 items)
- Iwanami Kōza Nihon Rekishi series (vols. 1 to 22)
- Japan Study Nihon kenkyū jinbutsu jiten (Japan Study A Biographical Dictionary of Japanology)
- Nihon kenkyū tosho mokuroku 1985-2004 : Sekai no naka no nihon (Catalog of books about Japan written by foreigners 1985-2004)
- Bunken mokuroku nihonron nihonjinron, 1996-2006 (Bibliography on Japanology 1996-2006)
- Bunken mokuroku nihonron nihonjinron no 50nen 1945-1995 (Bibliography on Japanology 1945-1995)
- Gendaigoyaku Shōyūki
- Nihon no iro jiten
- Ōchō no kasaneiro jiten
- Nihon no monyō zuten
URL http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?profile=ehost&defaultdb=nlebk
K. KinoDen (Kinokuniya Digital Library)
Remote Access: OK
※Referrer authentication support
KinoDen is a digital library service provided by Kinokuniya Book Store mainly for academic ebooks.
Currenltly, following books are available:
- Shin nihon koten bungaku taikei (1. Manyōshū - 45. Heike Monogatari)
- Nihonjin no kaigai katsudō ni kansuru rekishiteki chōsa (all volumes)
- Heisei saigaishi jiten (A cyclopedic chronological table of disaster in the Heisei era) (2009-2018, index)
- Kindai nihon jimmei roku e-BOOK fukkoku sousho
- Related biographical dictionary (" Jiten gaikokujin no mita nihon ", " Umi o koeta nihon jinmei jiten ", " Jiten kindai nihon no senkusha ")
- The Mainichi graphic ( 1948-1958 )
*Books may be downloaded.
* After using a book, be sure to click the Exit button.
* After using a book, be sure to click the Exit button.
*If “waiting to view” appears, it means the book is in use. Wait a while and then try again.
Below services are also available:
- Preview of unpurchased titles
- Full-text search (including unpurchased titles)
- Purchase request of ebooks
・Remote access via referer authentication is also available. After logging in OPAC, you can use the database from outside the center. Please refer to " 電子ブックのリモートアクセス（リファラ認証） " (in Japanese) for more information.
・If you use the ebook reader app bREADER Cloud you will have access to titles without going through the Nichibunken Network. (You will have access via PCs, tablets, and smartphones. First open “KinoDen” from the Nichibunken Network and then register an account from the link at the top right of the screen.)
KinoDen app start guide [PDF] (in Japanese)
M. Maruzen eBook Library
Remote Access: OK ※Referrer authentication supported
Platform for making available ebooks specializing in academic information through Maruzen Yushodo.
* Currently, the full text of only the Chikyu no Arukikata series is available for reading.
* Requests may be made to purchase eBooks
See the “Request” button on the List of Works page. To purchase, click and fill in the required items
See the “Request” button on the List of Works page. To purchase, click and fill in the required items
* To download items, your email address containing the domain name @nichibun.ac.jp and a verification code which is to be sent to the email address are required.
■Remote access via referrer authentication:
You can access from outside by logging into OPAC. For details, see "Remote access to e-books (referrer authentication)."
You can access from outside by logging into OPAC. For details, see "Remote access to e-books (referrer authentication)."
■ Regarding remote access (access from outside Nichibunken):
- The registration procedure can only be completed from a computer within Nichibunken.
- Press the “Account” button at the upper right of the top page and complete the registration procedure.
- Applicants may register only with their ID containing the domain name @nichibun.ac.jp.
O. Ohira Masayoshi Related Documents
Remote Access: OK
Provides online a vast collection of documents relating to Ōhira Masayoshi (1910–1980), 68th and 69th prime minister of Japan (December 1978 to June 1980). These primary sources on postwar Japanese political history consist of diverse materials, ranging from handwritten diaries, notebooks and letters, to government agency (ministries of foreign affairs, international trade and industry, etc.) documents, manuscripts of speeches and responses to questions in the Diet, and election-related materials. Included also are records of interviews with important figures in politics and business conducted in the writing of Ōhira’s official biography.
O. Okita Saburo Related Documents
Remote Access: OK
The database contains a total of more than 200 unpublished diaries, pocket notebooks (techō), and notebooks kept by leading postwar economist and economy ministry official Ōkita Saburō (1914–1993). The documents include Ōkita’s careful records of his notes of meetings he attended in Japan and overseas in the official capacity of his various posts, the details of his schedule on work-related trips overseas, and notes of meetings with important figures from various countries.Using the Service
P. ProQuest Ebook Central
An ebook platform provided by ProQuest. The following two services are available:
・Reading purchased ebooks;
・Mediated DDA service (Free-browsing each title for up to 5 minutes and sending library purchase requests after free-browsing)
Once signed in, you can send purchase requests, and read ebooks from outside Nichibunken.
*You can only create your account via Nichibunken's network (from inside the center.)
W. Wagatsuma Sakae Related Documents
Remote Access: OK
From among the vast former collection of Wagatsuma Sakae (1897–1973), leading postwar scholar of civil law, this online database contains documents in the fields of constitutional law, judicial institutions, civil law, civil litigation, land and building leases, and nuclear power.
Y. Yuho Bunko Collection
Remote Access: OK
Includes mainly rare documents from the Yuho Bunko collection, extending from the time of the Government-General of Korea during Japanese colonial rule to the post-World War II repatriation of Japanese from Korea and Japanese external assets there as recorded by the Relief Society for Japanese Returnees from Korea (Chosen Hikiage Doho Sewakai) and the Association of Business Owners in Korea (Chosen Jigyosha Kai).