Study of Digital Archives and Retrieval System for Ukiyo-e

• Project/Area Number: 24700104
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Media informatics/Database
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: LI LIANG 立命館大学, 立命館グローバル・イノベーション研究機構, 研究員 (00609836)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 情報検索 / 画像処理 / デジタルアーカイブ / 浮世絵

Research Abstract

We proposed a system that helps the users to identify and retrieve rakkan images and information of ukiyo-e paintings. Rakkan is a Japanese word for the signature of the artist for a completed art work. Using the proposed system, the user can select the rakkan area of interest from a digitalized ukiyo-e image via a graphical user interface. The rakkan characters are automatically extracted from the selected area using k-means clustering or a rule-based binarization in L*a*b* color space, and normalized for retrieval process as a query image. Histogram of oriented gradients and cross-correlation are used for retrieval. The proposed system can be adapted to ukiyo-e authorship identification and ukiyo-e painting retrieval for ukiyo-e study and archiving.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Ukiyo-e rakkan extraction and retrieval (2013)
  • Author(s): L. Li, C. Panichkriangkrai, and K. Hachimura
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applica- tions Volume: 7(14) Pages: 58-68
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Ukiyo-e rakkan extraction and retrieval (2013)
  • Author(s): Liang Li, Chulapong Panichkriangkrai, and Kozaburo Hachimura
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications Volume: 7 Pages: 58-68
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Interactive system for character segmentation of woodblock-printed Japanese historical book images (2013)
  • Author(s): C. Panichkriangkrai, L. Li, and K. Hachimura
  • Organizer: The International Conference on Culture and Computing 2013
  • Place of Presentation: 立命館大学(京都府)
  • Year and Date: 2013-09-18
• [Presentation] Ukiyo-e rakkan retrieval system (2013)
  • Author(s): L. Li, C. Panichkriangkrai, and K. Hachimura
  • Organizer: The 12th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition
  • Place of Presentation: ワシントンD.C.(アメリカ)
  • Year and Date: 2013-08-26
• [Presentation] Character Segmentation and Retrieval for Learning Support System of Japanese Historical Books (2013)
  • Author(s): C. Panichkriangkrai, L. Li, and K. Hachimura
  • Organizer: The 2nd International Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing
  • Place of Presentation: ワシントンD.C.(アメリカ)
  • Year and Date: 2013-08-24
• [Presentation] Character segmentation for Japanese woodblock printed historical books (2012)
  • Author(s): C. Panichkriangkrai, L. Li, and K. Hachimura
  • Organizer: The 8th Joint Workshop on Machine Perception and Robotics
  • Place of Presentation: 九州大学(福岡県)
  • Year and Date: 2012-10-16
• [Presentation] An automatic approach for ukiyo-e rakkan character string extraction (2012)
  • Author(s): L. Li, C. Panichkriangkrai, K. Oohara, and K. Hachimura
  • Organizer: 2012 IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Pro- cessing
  • Place of Presentation: バンフ(カナダ)
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-19
• [Presentation] Support system for analysing digital archives of Japanese woodblock printed his- torical books (2012)
  • Author(s): C. Panichkriangkrai, L. Li, and K. Hachimura
  • Organizer: 2012 IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing
  • Place of Presentation: バンフ(カナダ)
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-19
• [Presentation] Image analysis for historical Japanese book archives (2012)
  • Author(s): C. Panichkriangkrai, L. Li, and K. Hachimura
  • Organizer: Innovations in Information and Communication Science and Technology Second Postgraduate Consortium International Workshop 2012
  • Place of Presentation: トムスク(ロシア)
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-11
• [Presentation] Ukiyo-e rakkan retrieval system
  • Author(s): Liang Li, Chulapong Panichkriangkrai, and Kozaburo Hachimura
  • Organizer: The 12th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition
  • Place of Presentation: Washington, DC, USA
• [Presentation] Character Segmentation and Retrieval for Learning Support System of Japanese Historical Books
  • Author(s): Chulapong Panichkriangkrai, Liang Li, and Kozaburo Hachimura
  • Organizer: The 2nd International Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing
  • Place of Presentation: Washington, DC, USA
• [Presentation] Interactive system for character segmentation of woodblock-printed Japanese historical book images
  • Author(s): Chulapong Panichkriangkrai, Liang Li, and Kozaburo Hachimura
  • Organizer: The International Conference on Culture and Computing 2013
  • Place of Presentation: 京都府・立命館大学
• [Presentation] An automatic approach for ukiyo-e rakkan character string extraction
  • Author(s): Liang Li, Chulapong Panichkriangkrai, Kunihiko Oohara, and Kozaburo Hachimura
  • Organizer: 2012 IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing
  • Place of Presentation: Banff, Canada
• [Presentation] Support system for analysing digital archives of Japanese woodblock printed historical books
  • Author(s): Chulapong Panichkriangkrai, Liang Li, and Kozaburo Hachimura
  • Organizer: 2012 IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing
  • Place of Presentation: Banff, Canada
• [Presentation] Image analysis for historical Japanese book archives
  • Author(s): Chulapong Panichkriangkrai, Liang Li, and Kozaburo Hachimura
  • Organizer: Innovations in Information and Communication Science and Technology Second Postgraduate Consortium International Workshop 2012
  • Place of Presentation: Tomsk, Russia
• [Presentation] Character segmentation for Japanese woodblock printed historical books
  • Author(s): Chulapong Panichkriangkrai, Liang Li, and Kozaburo Hachimura
  • Organizer: The 8th Joint Workshop on Machine Perception and Robotics
  • Place of Presentation: 福岡県 九州大学