BECOME AN

ARC-iJAC
PROJECT MEMBER!
International Joint Digital Archiving Centerfor Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC)
Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
Broad Access to Online
Research Materials on
Japanese Art & Culture

Why
ARC-iJAC?

ARC Portal databases provide digital access toimages of hundreds of thousands of ukiyo-e
woodblock prints, early modern Japanese books,
and other materials in collections around theworld for immediate online examination andcomparative analysis!

Digital Archiving ofArt Collections:
Guidance & Rental ofFacilities and Equipment

With more than two decades ofexperience in digitizing Japanese artcollections worldwide, including 2D &3D materials, we provide guidance inthe digitization of Japanese artcollections.

Custom-Built Online
Research Databases& Online Exhibitions

Create a database customized toindividual research needs using resourcesin the ARC portal databases and your own
research materials. Multi-level privacy
settings are available!
Create online exhibitions based on yourresearch database in an easy manner.

Digital Tools toSupport Research

Transcription Support& Archiving System for
Educational Purposes

Annotation tools: Save and store your own noteson each image, incl. transcriptions of text.
Image Note: Allows cropping out of faces,
signatures, or other elements of an image tofocus study on such elements.
...and more!

Our AI-enabled Transcription Support and Archiving
System allows you to create transcriptions ofkuzushiji texts from the ARC Early Japanese Books
Portal Database and/or your own materials.
Tutor guidance is available!

Online Resources &Tools for Teaching

Technical Support
Available

Utilize ARC Database Resources& Digital Tools, including the AI-enabled
Transcription Support and Archiving System,to support your classroom teaching.
Even those new to databasecreation or digital archiving canwork in the ARC digital research
environment with ease!

Contact Us: r-darc@st.ritsumei.ac.jp

DIGITAL TOOLS &REFERENCE PROJECTS
User Memo

Image Note

Annotation tool
Take notes onimages acrossmultiple databases
and work withthem all in oneplace
Build a collectionof notes on certain
themesArchive “microdata”
in a new, custom-built database

Transcription Support& Archiving System
AI-enabled
Online tutor guidance
Annual training course
Practice reading
kuzushiji anytime,
anywhere, and at yourown pace
Integrate the system
into classroom teaching

Crop out
portions ofimages toorganize andannotate
separatelye.g.: Create acollection ofsignaturesfrom prints inchronologicalorder

Transcribe materials in the ARC EarlyJapanese Books Portal Database
ORUse the ARC Cloud System to upload
your own materials for transcription

Reference Projects:
Project Title: Using the ARC Transcription Support
System for Kuzushiji as a Digital Pedagogy Tool for
Teaching Classical Japanese Literature at theUniversity of British Columbia
Project Leader: Prof. Joshua S. Mostow (University ofBritish Columbia, Canada)
Project Title: Digitisation of the British Museum's
Japanese Painting Collection: Focusing on Late Edo
Period Kyoto-Osaka Painted Works
Project Leader: Dr. Akiko Yano (The British Museum,UK)
Project Title: AI-powered Text Recognition ofInscriptions in Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints
Project Leader: Prof. Ewa Machotka (University ofZurich, Switzerland)
Project Title: A Comprehensive Online Catalog of theJapanese Artworks in Europe and North America: Its
Construction and Applications
Project Leader: Dr. Monika Bincsik (Metropolitan
Museum of Art, US)

Contact Us: r-darc@st.ritsumei.ac.jp