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Comparing two Tale of Genji witnesses (IIIF images and character-level transcription diff)

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Opens two IIIF manifests of The Tale of Genji (Kōi Genji Monogatari and an early-modern manuscript held by the National Diet Library) side by side on the /compare screen. Inspect character-by-character diffs with edit distance and similarity scores, or switch to Image mode to compare the manuscript pages.

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  • Compare two IIIF manifests by image and character diff2026-10-20

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© 2026 Satoru Nakamura (The University of Tokyo)

Awase

An integrated TEI viewer that brings text, annotations, images and maps together.

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  • Viewer
  • Compare
  • Catalog (DTS)
  • Use cases

Help & Terms

  • Help
  • News
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service

Related

  • TEI (Text Encoding Initiative)
  • DTS (Distributed Text Services)
  • Source code (GitHub)
© 2026 Satoru Nakamura (The University of Tokyo)