Abstract
Tsukuba University Japanese Fine Arts Thesaurus Database Preparation Project made the "Database of Japan Arts Thesaurus: Paintings" under the auspices of "Grant-in-Aid Scientific Research, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture". State various problems and a solution plan by this thesis based on the experience that we made. First, we report about the present state of the fine arts database. Next, we argue the preparation of the standard thesaurus in the Japanese fine arts history in comparison with AAT and other thesauruses. Furthermore, the way of making the personal computer data to include into the UTOPIA (University of Tsukuba Online Processing InformAtion) information retrieval system and information sending through World Wide Web.
