Links to references

: 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.

: 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

: 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.

General eng

nihuBridge is a unified interface to databases and resources of the National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU), which comprises six national humanities institutes, and some cooperated institutions. This interface enables one to find humanities materials offered by the institutions. It also provides a description of each database in English, even when that database has no interface in English.

History, General jpn

A database of illustrated encyclopedias published in early modern Japan. Includes Kinmōzui (1666) and other “Kinmōzui”-type encylopedias as well as books with pictorial and diagramed information.

: 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.

Arts and Crafts, General jpn

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Japanese Multi-Volume Sets Discoverability Improvement

: Genji overseas

Overseas collections of Japanese Resources, Literature and Linguistics jpn

: Hinagiku National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive

General, History General

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

General jpn

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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.

General jpn