Japan Center for Asian Historical Records

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Cross SearchComprehensively search Asia historical documents of JACAR, NAJ Digital Archive, and databases of other institutions.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

9. Description on items to display by document type

Displays detailed information on selected series, file and item.

Series, file, item can be browsed.

For Print screenDisplays search results in a print-friendly layout. For more detail, please refer to About For Print screen.
Back to previous screenYou can go back to the search result screen.
BrowseWhen viewing detailed information on a document subject, there is a "Browse Image" button. Clicking this button will open the image browser for available images.
Mistakes and failure to notify the Information CenterWhen you click this button, an error screen will appear for inputting issues.
※ In the case of Series does not display.

Description on the items displayed is as below.

Display item for series

Title	Shows the name of the series.
Hierarchy	Shows layer information of corresponding series.
Description	A detailed description of the series.

Display item for files

Title	Shows a name of the file.
Hierarchy	Shows layer information of corresponding series.
Reference Code	Shows a unique identification number, a reference code, for the document.
Call Number of holding	Shows Call Number of holding.
Language	Shows language in which this document was written.
Creator	Shows name of persons who wrote document.
Date of Document Creation	Shows date of creation for a document.
Total of Images	Shows number of images included in a document.
Organization	Shows the name of the organization that created a document.
Summary	A detailed file summary.
Type of documents	Shows Type of documents for a document.
Caption such as photos and figure	Shows Caption such as photos and figure for a document.
Of record of such attachments title, author, create institutions	Shows Of record of such attachments title, author, create institutions for a document.
Classification Levels	Shows Classification Levels.
Citations to cases and papers	Shows Citations to cases and papers.

Display item for items

Title	Shows the name of items.
Hierarchy	Shows layer information of corresponding series, subseries and file.
Reference Code	Shows a unique identification number, reference code, for the document.
Call Number of holding	Shows Call Number of holding.
Language	Shows language in which documents are written.
Creator	Shows name of persons who wrote documents.
Date of Document Creation	Shows date on which documents were created.
Date	Shows date of creation for a document.
Total of Image	Shows number of images included in a document.
Organization	Shows the name of the organization that created a document.
Summary	Shows the first 300 characters of a document extracted in full-text.
Type of documents	Shows Type of documents for a document.
Caption such as photos and figure	Shows Caption such as photos and figure for a document.
Of record of such attachments title, author, create institutions	Shows Of record of such attachments title, author, create institutions for a document.
Classification Levels	Shows Classification Levels.
Citations to cases and papers	Shows Citations to cases and papers.