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User Guide
- The database may be searched by key word or by date.
- When searching for more than one keyword at once, choose the tab for “or” or “and” at the right of the search window.
- Dates may be searched using the nengō (era names) of the Southern and Northern courts in kanji (with the figures in either 1-byte or 2-byte Arabic characters or kanji, e.g., 応安5, 応安５, 応安五, 文中元, 文中1, 文中１) or as dates in the Western calendar (with the figures in either 1-byte or 2-byte Arabic characters or kanji, e.g., 1372, １３７２, 一三七二).
- In this database, the font used is in principle the honji (old form of kanji) or font close to honji, regardless of what form of kanji is used in the original text, except in cases where original form carries specific meaning. For searches, the digital text accommodates searches involving variant characters (itaiji), informal variants (tōriji), and iteration characters (odoriji; e.g., 々、ヽ、ゝ). For example, 獨我山中一點無、々々々處些子有 may also be found by typing 独我山中一点無一点無処些子有. It does not accommodate searches using the simplified Chinese characters used in China.
- Tōten (commas) and nakaguro (middle dots) have been added to the text. Inserted notes and annotations are set off with 〈 〉 and emendations are enclosed in brackets ［ ］. Headnotes and marginal notes are indicated with parentheses （ ）. Kaeriten marks and furigana in the original are not included. Characters that cannot be displayed are indicated with a geta mark (〓) followed by an explanation.
- In this database, it is possible to search for a string of characters even if emendations have been inserted. For example, the passage “孟于［才］有詩” will be found by searching for either 孟于有詩 or 孟才有詩. In searching, you can search without using tōten (commas) and nakaguro (middle dots), inserted notes, headnotes, etc. and the notes may be searched separately. For example, the passage浩・相〈圓鑑梵相、嗣普明、〉二首座傳國師命來 will be found with either 浩相二首座 or 円鑑梵相嗣普明 but not with 相円鑑梵相 or 普明 二首座.