Browse Guide | Japan Center for Asian Historical Records, National Archives of Japan

Search by KeywordSearch the documents by entering keyword.
Search by CategoryThis is the dictionary data in which the keyword searched for appears. Click on the place name, personal name, or event category to navigate to the keyword pertaining to the search.
Alphabetical Index SearchThis is the dictionary data in which the keyword searched for appears. Click on the alphabetical index to navigate to the keyword pertaining to the search.
Search by Reference CodeSearch the documents by entering reference code. You can directly access to specific documents you have already identified.
Cross SearchComprehensively search Asia historical documents of JACAR, NAJ Digital Archive, and databases of other institutions.
JACAR Dictionary SearchImprove results by using keywords (i.e., terms in use when the documents were originally created) when searching the JACAR Dictionary.

Browse Guide

1. How to Browse

About browsing images

Browsing imagesBy clicking on the "Browse" link on the search results screen, you can browse images related to documents.
Regarding image formats, you can choose between two types: PDF or JPEG.
※ Documents will initially appear in the PDF format.
※ In most cases images will display in new windows, but browser environment settings may instead cause new tabs to open.

Description at the top of the screen
About browsing image

The upper part of the screen shows document titles as well as buttons for the image formats (within the red rectangle).
The following boxes contain item descriptions.

Title	Displays the title of a selected document.
Browsing Guide	Click to open to the Browsing Guide.
Display image format	You can select to display images formatted as PDFs or JPEGs.
Top of Items	Jumps to the first page.
Previous Item	Jumps back to the previous page.
Next Item	Jumps to the next page.
Last of Items	Jumps to the last page.
Total of Images	Displays the numbers of indexed items of files being browsed.
Open Details	Detailed information on documents and papers displayed along with information for citation purposes. Citations to documents and papers will be displayed for the red underlined portion for its content. ・National Archives of Japan 「JACAR（Japan Center for Asian Historical Records）Ref.Reference Code、Title（National Archives of Japan）」・Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 「JACAR（Japan Center for Asian Historical Records）Ref.Reference Code、Title（Call Number of holdings）（Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan）」・National Institute for Defense Studies Center for Military History 「JACAR（Japan Center for Asian Historical Records）Ref.Reference Code、Title（National Institute for Defense Studies Center for Military History）」
Image batch download	You can select images for download as a ZIP file in the PDF or JPEG formats.

How to manipulate images

The lower part of the browsing screen displays selected images in the format of PDF or JPEG.

For information on how to manipulate PDF image, please refer to 2. Browse image(PDF) screen.
For information on how to manipulate JPEG image, please refer to 5. Browse image(JPEG) screen.