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This catalogue is prepared for CREPE-PAPER BOOKS and WOODBLOCK PRINTS AT THE DAWN OF CULTURAL ENLIGHTENMENT IN JAPAN - the rare book exhibition held by the Library of Kyoto University of Foreign Studies and Kyoto Junior College of Foreign Languages to commemorate the 60th anniversary. It is a record of "chirimen-bon" (i.e.,Crepe-paper books) and woodblock prints (i.e.,"kaika-e" and "Yokohama-e") in the Library collection. |
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As far as possible, Chinese characters are reproduced as printed in the materials (both "chirimen-bon" and woodblock prints), but the common-use "joyo" characters are used instead if this is not possible. |
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As a general rule, the catalogue devotes two pages to each "chirimen-bon" exhibited, with one page for a photograph and the other for an explanation (consisting of a synopsis and commentary proper). In the catalogue at the back, "Catalogue of Crepe-paper Books" of our Library, it also lists "chirimen-bon" that are not included in the exhibit. |
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The catalogue devotes two pages to each "chirimen-bon" with a content that is the same even if the language and title are different, with one page for a photograph and the other for an explanation (consisting of a synopsis and commentary proper).
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For Japanese translations of "chirimen-bon" titles, precedence is accorded to notations in the colophon or elsewhere in the book. When there are no such notations, the catalogue adopts translations that have become established in academia or in the Library.
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Even if different "chirimen-bon" versions were published in other languages, the synopses and commentary in the cat-alogue are based on the English version, except in the case of versions authored or edited in another language for which the Library does not have an English version. |
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Matters not included in the "chirimen-bon" synopsis and commentary and bibliographic information are contained in the catalogue at the back, "Catalogue of Crepe-paper Books" of our Library.
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For "chirimen-bon" calendars, the catalogue devotes two pages, with one page for a photograph and the other for an explanation (consisting of a synopsis and commentary proper), only for those specimens considered important for their text. Calendars with outstanding illustrations at the cover are given two-page photographic spreads in addition. Bibliographic information is contained in the catalogue at the back, "Catalogue of Crepe-paper Books" of our Library. |
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The catalogue presents an explanation, instead of a synopsis and commentary, for those "chirimen-bon" which concern Japanese culture. |
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"Chirimen-bon" whose stories are set in foreign countries are listed in the catalogue in the back, "Catalogue of Crepe-paper Books" of our Library.
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The catalogue devotes one page with a photograph and an explanation only to each of the woodblock prints that are exhibited. In the catalogue at the back, "Catalogue of Uki-yoe─Kaika-e・Yokohama-e" of our Library it also lists wood-block prints that are not included in the exhibit. |
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In light of their nature, the explanation on woodblock prints is positioned below each work as a method of an English translation of the Japanese title. This is followed in the acc-ount of the illustrator as well. |
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In this site, Japanese writing mentioned "< >" means give kana along with the Chinese characters. |