IIIF: Global Image Access

The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) is quickly becoming the global standard for image delivery and access in both library and museum communities.  

At Harvard, IIIF is being adopted throughout Harvard Library, Harvard Art Museums, HarvardX, and many other departments across campus.  For more information, see Harvard IIIF.

Japanese Collections adopting IIIF:

Database of Pre-Modern Japanese Works

新日本古典籍総合データベース

National Institute of Japanese Literature

A network for international collaborative research that includes writings and images of approximately 300,000 "Pre-modern Japanese Books" using IIIF.

National Diet Library Digital Collections 

國立国会図書館デジタルコレクション

Approximately 340,000 IIIF manifests are now available through the NDL Digital Collections.  Images include nishiki-e, maps, and many important cultural properties.

Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive

京都大学貴重資料デジタルアーカイブ

Kyoto University Library has approximately 900,314 images of 10,362 titles available in IIIF as of April 2018

SAT Taishōzō Image Database

大正新脩大藏經図像データベース

Led by Professor Masahiro Shimoda of the University of Tokyo, users can search images not only from the search window but also through the tags. 

World Digital Library

Library of Congress

While not specific to Japan, the World Digital Library contains approximately 398 images and IIIF manifests for this region.

Meiji at 150 Digital Teaching Resource 

University of British Columbia 

Open-source scholarly content for educators and researchers looking for digital images and topics to introduce into their classroom teaching.

Perry in Japan: A Visual History and Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923

Brown University Library

A collection of 38 images connected to Commodore Matthew Perry's encounter with Japan (1853-54), as well as a collection of 233 photographic recording the devastation of the Great Kanto Earthquake.