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Digital Archive Yokohama's Memory Usage Guide

Last Updated February 16, 2024

Municipal Central Library is a database that allows Yokohama's Memory to search digital images such as print materials, pictures, postcards, and other digital images, using keywords and chronology.
URL: https://archive.lib.city.yokohama.lg.jp/museweb/ (external site)

Please refer to the following for information on how to search for digital archive Yokohama's Memory.
Digital Archive Yokohama's Memory Search Method

Contents

Introduced materials

The materials and information currently provided are as follows.

Search for materials (advanced search of materials)

Books

 It contains about 5,000 items, including materials related to Yokohama from the opening period to the Meiji period and administrative materials of Yokohama City. In addition, it is possible to search the table of contents information for some materials such as "Yokohama City Bulletin". The table of contents will be added in the future.

Picture postcard

 In addition to the painted Yokohama postcards, it contains about 4,000 items, including postcards that record the earthquake and reconstruction are recorded.

Ukiyo-e

 Contains about 400 Ukiyo-e paintings depicting Yokohama from the opening of the port to the early Meiji era and about 400 Ukiyo-e paintings on Tokaido (Mishukuba in the city).

Picture map, history map

 It contains about 200 items, including picture maps from the opening of the port and maps damaged by the Great Kanto Earthquake.

Photograph

 Contains approximately 2,500 photographs of the past and present, collected by the Yokohama City Library with the cooperation of local people. Aoba Ward photos are also available on the Aoba Ward Scenic Photo Database (external site).

Other images

 It contains about 400 items, including images such as play numbers and illustrations of "Yokohama Port Opening Observation Magazine".

Search for chronology (advanced search in chronology)

 It contains 15,000 chronological tables of "Yokohama History Chronology" (1953), compiled by Yokohama City, as well as the City Counsil, Yokohama Port, and Landfill.

Search Table of Contentsadvanced search

 You can search the table of contents of Yokohama's history-related books such as "Yokohama Books and Culture" and "Yokohama City History", and magazine articles related to Yokohama, such as "Survey Season Report" and "Citizen Graph Yokohama". For "Yokohama Books and Culture", you can search the full text.

Search by index (advanced search of index)

 You can search the index of "Yokohama City History", "Yokohama City History II", and "Yokohama Books and Culture".

Viewing the Web Gallery (Web Exhibition)

 This is an exhibition that can be seen on the Internet. In the future, it will be released in the future.

Theme list

 Materials are introduced according to themes, such as "Tokaido Ukiyo-e" and "Noge, the town with a library".

About the use of images

 To post, broadcast, or display the images contained in this archive, an application for use is required. Please pay attention to the following points when submitting the application form.

  1. It may take a few days to respond to the approval of use, so please apply in advance.
  2. Please be sure to check the compliance items described in the application form.
  3. Please change the "●● Library" part in the application form to the library name in the possession. In addition, there are three places in the application form.
  4. In the case of an organization, please apply with the name and title of the person in charge of the relevant project.
  5. Enter the title and billing symbol or bibliographic number in the field of "Material name to be used" field.
  6. In addition, please confirm "guidance of procedure (PDF: 141KB)" for the details of procedure.

Application destination

 Please check the "Holder" or "Restrictions" column in "Detailed information" on the "Material Details" screen. If the library name is listed in the holding, please submit the attached “Application for Use of Publication / Broadcasting” to the library. For information on materials owned by Chuo-toshokan, please contact the following inquiries. If the holding company is "other institutions / individuals", please check the "Restrictions" and contact the relevant library.
※Yokohama City Library List


Search results material details screen

Inquiries

In charge of publication, Municipal Central Library

  • TEL 045-262-7336
  • FAX 045-262-0054
  • E-mail ky-libkeisai@city.yokohama.jp

Original goods

We produce a postcard "Yokohama's Memory" with picture materials as a set of picture materials for each theme.
Introducing the pictorial materials with digital images.
For "Yokohama's Memory", please refer to "Publication Culture of Urban Yokohama" (PDF: 573KB) Library Bulletin "Yokohama" No. 42.

Requests for Use

 Some of the books and materials published as Yokohama's Memory contain the old age of publication are recorded as digital data, so there may be cases of discrimination and prejudice. In the age of lifelong learning, publishing historical materials on Yokohama is very meaningful not only for researchers but also for citizens.In Yokohama City Library, we believe that it is worthwhile to preserve the original state and pass it on to future generations, and to make it widely available to the public for use. When using library materials, we ask that you fully understand and pay attention to the historical and social backgrounds that created them.

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For inquiries to this page

Board of Education Secretariat Chuo-toshokan Research Materials Division

Phone: 045-262-7336

Phone: 045-262-7336

Fax: 045-262-0054

Email address: ky-libkocho-c@city.yokohama.jp

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