Faculty of Textile Science & Technology Shinshu Univercity Digital Archives

In order to materialize the spirit of craftsmanship and vocational training inherited from the days of the Ueda College of Sericulture and use it to nurture the next generation

Shinshu University Faculty of Textile Science and Technology Digital Archive was established to facilitate research and education in a variety of fields and educate and inform the general public by offering valuable reference materials on textile science and technology, including valuable historic materials inherited from this faculty’s predecessor, the Ueda College of Sericulture, to the general public.
Our faculty has been acknowledged as one of the most prominent research institutes in textile and fiber engineering, and maintains a large number of valuable reference materials and a state-of-the-art research facility. We would love to welcome you to the Shinshu University Faculty of Textile Science and Technology as well as to the digital archive.

 

(1) Regarding high-resolution sample images
The digital archive offers high-resolution images, which show the structure and characteristics of various textiles in order to facilitate textile and fiber technology education and research. However, this feature is currently available only to users on the Shishu University campus.
Some sample images have been made available in order to introduce this feature and its advantages, courtesy of Contents Co., Ltd. These sample images were originally made to validate the photographing and lighting methods listed below. Sample images were chosen from those photographed with lighting from below, on both sides, and without pressing the material.

Sample image photography methods:	- Lights from above, on both sides
	- Lights from below, on both sides
	- Lights from below, on one side
	- Material is pressed

In order to view these high-resolution images, you will need the Silverlight viewer.
››Sample images are available here.

 

(2) Ueda College of Sericulture
The National Ueda College of Sericulture, the predecessor to the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology at Shinshu University, was established in 1910 as the first technical college in the field of silk yarn and as the first national school in Nagano Prefecture, when Japan was emerging as an industrial power. Later, it evolved into an advanced educational institute encompassing all aspects of textile science, before being re-institutionalized as the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology at Shinshu University under the educational system reform of 1949. With the founding philosophy of “betterment of character, developing parallelism of science and technology (acquiring both knowledge and skills), practical skills, and progressive scholarship,” it has been home to many creative minds who have contributed to society and areas from not only within the textile industry but also from many other industries.
››Download the “Shinshu University Textile Science and Technology Archive” pamphlet (pdf)
  (Japanese only)

 

(3) The Enomoto Collection
The digital archive contains a number of materials from the Enomoto Collection, along with historical materials inherited from the Ueda College of Sericulture. The Enomoto Collection is a collection of historical reference materials collected personally by former professor Yuji Enomoto and donated to the university in 2008.

Yuji Enomoto
Professor, Department of Functional Machinery and Mechanics, Division of Creative Engineering, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University
Tenured from April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2009

 

(4) Creation of the Digital Archive
This digital archive was created with a governmental grant from the Project for the Development of Support for Enhancing Education and R&D Systems from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The purpose of the grant is to improve the quality of education, especially by enhancing and expanding learning and research environments at the graduate school level.
The faculty and the graduate school aim to encourage advances in cutting edge interdisciplinary science and technology, using traditional technology based in textiles, the foundation for satisfying the essential human needs of food, clothing, and shelter, as a background. It also aims to develop engineers, highly skilled workers, and researchers, who are competent and creative with admirable character, cross-cultural understanding, and broad perspective. The digital archive serves as a material witness of the role played by the institute since its foundation, eloquently displays expectations the society had towards Ueda College of Sericulture in the early days, and shows how past teachers took the national goal seriously and how hard students worked to meet social expectations.
We hope current and future students will feel and understand how the faculty has progressed, and build the future with the passion of their predecessors.

 

The archive was created with the cooperation of:
Akira Shinohara, former Dean of Faculty of Textile Science and Technology
Kazuyuki Tanaka, former Dean of Faculty of Textile Science and Technology
Akinori Shimazaki, former professor at the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology
Yuji Enomoto, former professor at the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology
Katsuo Koizumi, former curator of Silk Museum
Chikuma-kai, Incorporated Organization
The Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan
Present and former faculties and officials, graduates, and other affiliates of Faculty of Textile Science and Technology

References:
Photo collection, Eighty Years of Textile Education (compiled by the alumni association of the Shinshu University Faculty of Textile Science and Technology)
http://www-lib.shinshu-u.ac.jp/opc/en/recordID/catalog.bib/BN05722008

The Life and Memoirs of Dr. Chotaro Harizuka (compiled by the Memoirs of Dr. Harizuka Publishing Committee)
http://www-lib.shinshu-u.ac.jp/opc/en/recordID/catalog.bib/BA37829134
http://hdl.handle.net/10091/5257 (Japanese only)

History of the Silk Industry, Stories of the Silk Kingdom Japan and Kanagawa (compiled by Katsuo Koizumi)
http://www-lib.shinshu-u.ac.jp/opc/en/recordID/catalog.bib/BA81001794