Links to references

: コレクションデータベース

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: 紙幣(江戸時代）データベース

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: デジタルミュージアム

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: 島根県内ミュージアム収蔵品データベース

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: 収蔵品データベース

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: 調査研究資料

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: 収蔵品紹介 錦絵検索

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: 阪急文化アーカイブス

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: コレクション

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: ミュージアム検索

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: WikiPedia 英語版

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English Wikipedia is the world’s largest encyclopedia edited by volunteers; it includes topics related to Japan. It often provides links to specialised databases and guides for the topic in question.

: 国立国会図書館サーチ

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NDL Search is a search service for National Diet Library (NDL) catalogues, which are connected to public libraries, archives, museums, and academic institutions. Results in Japanese can be translated by machine into English.

: IRDB（学術機関リポジトリデータベース）

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IRDB is a database for materials stored in institutional repositories in Japan. Those that can be searched include articles published in departmental memoires and journals, dissertations and theses, and digitised rare books stored by individual institutions. This database is useful to search for materials other than articles: i.e., collections that are not provided through their own interface.

: 国指定文化財等データベース

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The Database of Cultural Properties of Japan lists all properties that are either registered or designated as a ‘cultural property’ by the Act on Protection of Cultural Properties

: 浮世絵検索

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Japanese Woodblock Print Search (Ukiyo-e Search) accumulates images and information of woodblock prints held by various institutions. It also enables users to search for similar prints

: 早稲田大学演劇博物館デジタル・アーカイブ・コレクション

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The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum Digital Archives Collection is a collection of digital libraries and databases on performance arts. It covers mainly Japanese traditional theatre, but also includes films, modern performances, and materials from other countries.

: Japanese Garden Dictionary

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The Japanese Garden Dictionary is a specialised glossary pertaining to the history of Japanese gardens. Terms are indexed in both Japanese and English.

: 歴史的音源

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Rekion, or the Historical Recordings Collection is a digital library comprising of Japanese gramophone records from the early nineteenth century to the end of the 1980s. The library contains about 50,000 recordings, including music and speeches. Copyrighted materials are not available online.

: 文化遺産オンライン

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Similar to the Database of Cultural Properties of Japan, Cultural Heritage Online offers a portal for cultural properties in Japan. It also provides maps and information about museums that houses such properties.