All 495 ancient documents in the library of the Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo were deciphered in a project involving citizens, and the junk characters were converted into modern texts.Records of disasters such as earthquakes and volcanic activity during the Edo period have become clearer.
According to the University of Tokyo, this project is a "reprint with everyone" sponsored by the Kyoto University Paleeoearthquake Study Group.Researchers and citizens who participated online from January 2017 were trying to decipher the old documents held by the Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, in cooperation with a learning support app that recorded the jumbled patterns of old documents.
As a result, all 495 points were deciphered, including the "Kokukoku Earthquake Chronicles" that collected records of the Genroku Earthquake and the Ansei Tonankai Earthquake, and the "Honcho Earthquake Record" that recorded the Hoei Earthquake and the Echigo Sanjo Earthquake. finished.There were 4,626 registered participants, including those who only browsed, and 347 who actually entered the characters.The total number of input characters reached 465 million.
The part that the researcher could not read was firmly deciphered, and the state of the damage at that time became clearer.It is a valuable resource for understanding what kind of disasters have occurred in the past in your area.
In the future, the project plans to register old documents held in other museums and continue the decoding work.In addition, the system will be improved to support international standards for promoting mutual use of images.
