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Cross SearchComprehensively search Asia historical documents of JACAR, NAJ Digital Archive, and databases of other institutions.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.

5. Browsing JPEGs

In the JPEG format, you can browse images regardless of type or version of your browser.

Each of the tool buttons are arranged on the screen, and you can scale them or scroll.

For the function of each button, please refer to the following.

① [First Page]	It displays the first page.
② [Previous page]	It displays the previous page.
③ [Page selection pull-down]	To display the page specified in the pull-down.
④ [Next page]	It displays the next page.
⑤ [Last Page]	It displays the last page
⑥ [Zoom in]	Expanding it to view.
⑦ [Zoom out]	Reducing the view.
⑧ [Full-screen mode]	Change the Full-screen mode.
⑨ [Rotation to left]	Rotate image 90 degrees to left.
⑩ [Rotation to right]	Rotate image 90 degrees to right.