Links to references

Religious Studies jpn

都年中行事画帖 :

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Kyoto Festivals and Customs consists of a two-volume album of hand paintings that depict Kyoto’s annual festivals and customs during the pre-WWII era. Each painting accompanies a detailed description of the subject. While it has no interface in English, the ‘画帖一覧’ link brings you to the thumbnails of the images

: 在外日本古典籍所蔵機関ディレクトリ

Overseas collections of Japanese Resources eng

The Directory of Overseas Collections of Old and Rare Japanese Books, Other Print Materials, and Manuscripts covers institutions in North America, Europe, and Oceania that hold these kinds of materials. It provides a description of collections, for example, formation of collection, size, accessibility, and matter of reproduction.

: 関東大震災写真集

History, Overseas collections of Japanese Resources eng

The Great Kanto Earthquake 関東大震災写真集 site contains 199 images, which were scanned from black & white still photos matted on a black background. The album may be supplemental materials to the publication: The Great earthquake of September 1st, 1923: a record from the reports of the "Japan Chronicle" of the destruction of Yokohama and Tokyo and the other ravages wrought. Kobe: Japan Chronicle Office. OCLC: 768291265. The report has been digitized and accessible from the National Library of Australia site. This project was funded by the UHM Library and the National Research Center, East Asia grant.

海外平安文学情報 : Genji overseas

Overseas collections of Japanese Resources, Literature and Linguistics jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Religious Studies jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

神道・神社史料集成 :

History, Religious Studies jpn

Historical Sources about Shinto and Jinja, based on mainly Rikkokushi(六国史)

Religious Studies jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn, eng

The Queer Japan Web Archive aims to preserve websites created by non-profit Japanese organizations which research, advocate for, support, and provide services to LGBTQ communities.

: 力行会　海外日本人移民関係幻燈資料

History, Overseas collections of Japanese Resources eng

Lantern Slides of the Nippon Rikkokai provides images of lanternslides, which capture the lives of Japanese immigrants to Americas between the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century.

風俗図会データベース : Database of Folklore Illustrations

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

It contains the images of all pages of ezoshi, or illustrated story books from the Edo period in the Nichibunken collection.

Religious Studies jpn

Religious Studies jpn

: Japanese Media and Popular Culture

Ethnography and Folklore eng