Koui Genji Monogatari Text Database

A database publishing text data from the 'Koui Genji Monogatari' (Collated Genji Monogatari)

TEI/XML

View TEI/XML files alongside IIIF images from the National Diet Library Digital Collection. Display high-resolution classical manuscript images and text data simultaneously. Also supports conversion to HTML, PDF, and EPUB via XSLT.

Linked Data

Browse text data with assigned URIs. Provides data in a format that follows Semantic Web standards and can be linked with other datasets.

SPARQL Explorer

Browse text data through the DTS (Distributed Text Services) API. Enables structural navigation of texts through standardized APIs.

DTS Viewer

News

2026-03-08

Corrected typos and waka notation in the text based on user feedback. Added a Waka Poems page and a Visualizations page, along with PDF and EPUB viewing and download support for each volume.

2025-06-23

The website design has been modernized and DTS (Distributed Text Services) support has been added. Responsive design and accessibility have also been improved.

2020-06-19

Added volumes: "39 Yugiri", "46 Shiigamoto", "47 Agemaki", "48 Sawarabi", "49 Yadorigi", "50 Azumaya", "51 Ukifune", "52 Kagero", "53 Tenarai".

2020-05-27

Added volumes: "34 Wakana I", "35 Wakana II", "36 Kashiwagi", "44 Takekawa", "45 Hashihime".

2020-05-07

Added 19 additional volumes.

2020-04-18

Added volumes 12-21.

2020-01-19

Added volumes: "9 Aoi", "10 Sakaki".

2020-01-06

Added volumes 3-8 and 11.

2019-12-25

Added volume: "2 Hahakigi".

2019-11-29

Website launched.

About This Site

Text data was created and published based on the 'Koui Genji Monogatari' (Collated Genji Monogatari) (Internet publication, copyright expired) available in the National Diet Library Digital Collection.

Each line is assigned a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) and published as LOD (Linked Open Data). TEI/XML files linked with IIIF images are also provided.

If you find any errors in the data, please contact the University of Tokyo Academic Asset Archiving Promotion Office at digital-archive [at] lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

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