Japan Studies

Bibliographies

• Bibliography of Asian Studies
  
  
• East Asian Religions
  An Annotated Bibliography
  
  
• Kambun Bibliography
  Bibliography list for the study of kambun
  
  
• Materials on Buddhism (仏教書総目録)
  
  
• Senryoki Zasshi Kiji Joho Database (占領期雑誌記事情報データベース）
  User: uweal ; Password: washington
  

Dictionaries

• Eijiro on the Web (英辞朗)
  English-Japanese & Japanese-English dictionaries.
  
  
• goo　dictionary
  English-Japanese, Japanese-English & Japanese-Japanese dictionaries.
  
  
  
  
• Hyper Kanji Kensaku （ハイパー漢字検索）
  Search Kanji by radical, number of strokes...
  
  
  
  
• JAANUS-Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System
  On-line dictionary of Japanese architectural and art historical terminology.
  
  
  
  
• Jim Breen's WWWJDIC server
  Compiled Japanese-English dictionary.
  
  
  
  
• Kanjibukuro （漢字袋)
  Itaiji (Kanji variants) dictionary.
  
  
  
• Person's name dictionary （オンライン人名辞典）
  

Thesauri

• Japan Science & Technology Thesaurus (科学技術シソーラス)
• NWEC Women's Information Thesaurus (女性情報シソーラス)

Images

• Google Image Search / Googleイメージ検索
  
  
• Asian Historical Architecture
  A comprehensive survey of Asia's architectural heritage. Incl. photos of temples, shrines, and castles.
  
  
• e-Kokuho (e国宝)
  National treasures and important cultural properties owned by the National Museums of Japan.
  
  
• Japanese Historical Maps
  A collection of about 2,300 historical maps kept at the East Asian Library at UC Berkeley.
  
  
• Kyoto University: Digital Library Rare Material Collection (京都大学　貴重資料画像データベース)
  
  
• Nagasakai University: Japanese Old Photographs in the Bakumatsu-Meiji periods / 長崎大学　幕末～明治期の古写真
  
  
• National Archives of Japan: Digital Gallery / 国立公文書館：デジタル・ギャラリー
  
  
• National Diet Library: Kichosho Kensaku （国立国会図書館 貴重書検索）
  
  
• National Museum of Japanese History Image Database (国立歴史民俗博物館 画像データベース)
  
  
• Nichibunken Database of Early Photographs / 日文研古写真データベース
  Hand-colored photographs of Japan and accompanying texts dating from the end of the Edo Period through the beginning of the Meiji Period.
  
  
• Tokyo National Museum （東京国立博物館）
  
  
• Tokyo Metropolitan Library: Kicho shiryo gazo database （東京都立中央図書館 貴重資料画像データベース）
  Image database of ukiyo-e and edo castle related materials.
  
  
• Tokushima University: Digital Archives (徳島大学付属図書館 貴重資料高精細デジタルアーカイブ)
  
  
• University of Tokyo: Historiographical Institute Databases (東京大学史料編纂所データベース)
  
  
• University of Tokyo Library System: Katei Bunko （東京大学付属図書館電子化資料 電子版霞亭文庫）
  1,159 books from the Edo period are stored as ditigal image.
  
  
• University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections
  
  
• 収蔵品カタログ
  Database containing images of items stored in national museums in Kyoto.
  
  
• 奈良国立博物館所蔵写真検索システム
  
  
• よみうり写真館
  

Indexes/Databases

• Academic Association Index (学会Net)
  Index of academic associations in Japan.
  
  
• Academic Society Home Village (学協会情報発信サービス)
  Index of academic associations in Japan.
  
  
• Academic Resource Guide　（データベース集成）
  
  
• Ariadne: Resources for Art and Humanities (人文リソース集)
  The selected links contains English sites.
  
  
• CiNii (Citation Information by NII) / 国立情報学研究所　論文情報ナビゲータ (旧研究紀要ポータル)
  
  
• Collonial Period Magazine Database (占領期雑誌記事情報データベース)
  Japanese-only site. You are required to set up an account in order to use the database.
  
  
• Index of Databases
  
  
• Indian and Buddhist Studies Treatise Database / インド学仏教学論文データベース
  
  
• Industrial Property Digital Library / 特許電子図書館
  
  
• Japan Foundation: Japanese Literature in Translation
  Database of Japanese literary works available in translation.
  
  
• JAIRO: Japanese Institutional Repositories Online (test version)
  
  
  
• Kanbun database (全國漢籍データベース)
  Nation-wide database of Classical Chinese materials available in Japan.
  
  
• Kobe University: Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection (Shinsai bunko) / 神戸大学　震災文庫
  
  
• Kobe University: Newspaper articles in digital version (Shinbun kiji bunko) / 神戸大学　新聞記事文庫
  Contains the articles from the end of Meiji to the post-war period.
  
  
• Kokken: Newpaper articles on Japanese language (国立国語研究所　「ことばに関する新聞記事」検索)
  Kokken (National Institute for Japanese Language) provides a database of newspaper articles on Japanese phrases and expressions.
  
  
• Koseisha: Journal & People databases (皓星社雑誌記事・人物情報データベース)
  
  
• Nagasaki University: Japanese Old Photographs in the Bakumatsu-Meiji periods / 長崎大学 幕末～明治期の古写真)
  
  
• National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo: Art magazines (東京国立近代美術館アートライブラリ　美術雑誌　巻号タイトル（特集名）/目次　一覧)
  Contents/Featured article titles of Japanese art　magazines.
  
  
• National Museum of Japanese History Databases (国立歴史民族博物館データベース)
  
  
• Newspapers: Zenkoku shinbun sogo mokuroku database （全国新聞総合目録データベース）
  
  
• Nichibunken Databases / 国際日本文化研究センター・データベース
  Nichibunken (International Research Center for Japanese Studies) offers a wide variety of databases.
  
  
• Nichibunken: Database of early photographs (日本文化研究古写真データベース)
  Registration required.
  
  
• Nichibunken: Waka Database (日本文化研究古和歌データベース)
  
  
• Nichibunken: List of Japanese Studies Institutions / 国際日本研究文化センター　世界の日本研究機関
  
  
• Northern Studies Collection Database (北方資料データベース)
  Database of materials available at the Northern Studies Collection of the Hokkaido Univeristy.
  
  
• NWEC: Women Information Cross-Access Search System (女性情報データベース横断検索システム)
  Cross-reference search system with a wide variety of databases.
  
  
• Ritsumeikan University: Art Research Center Databases (立命館大学アート・リサーチセンター公開アーカイブ)
  Offers a wide variety of databases incl. films, ukiyo-e, kabuki actors...
  
  
• Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
  Comprehensive database of Japanese public opinions.
  
  
• Rural.Net (ルーラル電子図書館)
  Agricultural journals index.
  
  
• SSJ Data Archive - Resources for Social Science on Japan / SSJ データ・アーカイブ (日本の社会科学研究のためのデータ資源)
  
  
• Tohoku University Library: Links relating to the Humanities (東北大学図書館　学術情報リンク集－人文科学)
  Links to Linguistics, Literature, Philosophy and more.
  
  
• Union list of Japanese Serials and Newspapers
  
  
• University of Tokyo Library System: Index to Resources on Internet (東京大学付属図書館 インターネット学術情報インデックス)
  The selected links contains English sites.
  
  
• University of Tokyo Library System: Katei Bunko （東京大学付属図書館電子化資料 電子版霞亭文庫）
  Collection of books from Edo period. Incl. digital images.

Library Catalogs

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• Education Library (教育図書館）
  Tokyo-based library of education-related publications.
  
  
• Japan Specialized Libraries Association, Kanto (専門図書館協議会/関東地区協議会）
  Links to and contact information of specialized libraries in Japan.
  
  
• Links to Online Catalogs in Japan （日本国内図書館OPACリスト）
  
  
• NACSIS Webcat / 総合目録データベースWWW検索サービス
  Union catalog of the university libraries in Japan.
  
  
• National Diet Library / 国立国会図書館
  
  
• National Diet Library: Kindai Digital Library (国立国会図書館 近代デジタルライブラリー）
  Image database that stores 54,349 books (as of July 2004) published in the Meiji period.
  
  
• Nichibunken (International Research Center for Japanese Studies) / 国際日本文化研究センター図書館
  
  
• NWEC (National Women's Education Center) / ヌエック （国立女性教育会館）
  
  
• Public Library Catalogs (全国の公共図書館等の蔵書検索）
  Links to public library catalogs in Japan.
  
  
• Tokyo Metropolitan Public Library / 東京都立図書館
  Contains authors' information.
  
  
• Waseda University Library Catalog / 早稲田大学学術情報検索システム
  
  
• 三康図書館
  A library in Tokyo focusing on Edo manuscripts, Meiji books and magazines, and contemporary Buddhist materials.
  

canada

• University of British Columbia

france

• Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris

united kingdom

• UK Japanese Union Catalogue
  

• Asian Reading Room: Japan Documentation Center
  Includes source materials in fields such as economics, commerce and industry, law, politics, the environment, and social conditions.
  
  
• Center for Research Libraries
  Consortium of North American universities, colleges, and independent research libraries.
  
  
• Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
  Asian art library. The catalog contains over 8000 volumes half of which are in Japanese or Chinese.
  
  
• Library of Congress
  
  
• North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources
  
  
• Cornell University
  
  
• Columbia University
  
  
• Duke University
  
  
• Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
  
  
• Harvard University
  
  
• New York Public Library
  
  
• Ohio State University
  
  
• Princeton University
  
  
• Stanford University
  
  
• University of Arizona
  
  
• University of California
  
  
• University of Chicago
  
  
• University of Hawaii
  
  
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  
  
• University of Iowa
  
  
• University of Michigan
  
  
• University of Minnesota
  
  
• University of Pittsburgh
  
  
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
  
  
• Washington University in St. Louis
  
  
• Yale University
  
  

Listservs

• H-Japan
  International, electronic discussion group.
  
  

Directories

• KDDI Directory Assistance Phone Numbers
  
  
• NTT Directory Assistance
  
  
• ReaD: Directory Database of Research and Development Activities / 研究開発支援総合ディレクトリ
  
  
• Townpage-English phonebook in Tokyo
  
  
• Yellow Pages Japan in USA / イエローページ・ジャパン
  

Translation Tools

• Altavista Babel Fish Translation
  Text and web page translation available.
  
  
• Google Web Translation (Multilingual)
  Text translation and specific language search tool.
  
  
• Rikai - English to Japanese Translation / Japanese to English Translation
  Word by word translation of text or web page.
  
  
• Excite Honyaku
  Web translation only.
  
  
• WorldLingo Translator