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Wakō zukan, Historiographical Institute, The University of Tokyo (story)

  • Image
  • Annotations
  • Story

A handscroll over 90,000 px long, opened in the Story tab. Press Next to glide to each scene and read its description. The tour is just the annotations written in the IIIF manifest, with no special format.

ManifestOriginal project
Open in Kasane

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  • A new Story tab2026-10-14

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IIIF Kasane

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© 2026 Satoru Nakamura & Jun Ogawa (The University of Tokyo)

IIIF Kasane

A viewer that layers 3D models, images, audio, video and annotations, based on the IIIF Manifest.

Help & Legal

  • Help
  • Inference models
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service

Samples

  • Use cases
  • IIIF VR Gallery
  • Cookbook samples
  • Kasane samples

Related Sites

  • IIIF
  • Presentation API 3.0
  • IIIF Cookbook
  • IIIF 3D Extension
  • Source code (GitHub)
© 2026 Satoru Nakamura & Jun Ogawa (The University of Tokyo)