Design and Construction of Kosode Byobu Database to Rouse Users' Interest in Historical Materials

Recently, publication of digital archives about historical materials has proceeded. A lot of fundamental data and image data about Kosode Byobu have been published by National Museum of Japanese History (NMJH). “The Nomura Collection: Costumes and Accessories in Japan Database” is one kind of those digital archives. On the other hand, users are interested in various things such as relationship with historical person and meaning of motifs. By showing these data, it is expected that users understand Kosode Byobu and have interest in Kosode Byobu. Therefore, we designed and constructed a database that enables storing various contents data about Kosode Byobu for integrated search based on users’ interest.