Links to references

: CiNii

Research Societies, People, and Databases eng

CiNii is a bibliographic database service for scholarly literature published in Japan; it mainly contains post-WWII journal articles and bibliographical records from university libraries’ catalogues. CiNii is comprised of CiNii Articles and CiNii Books. Depending on the circumstances, CiNii Articles can provide full text articles (sometimes through local repositories).

: 日本思想史文献データベース検索

Research Societies, People, and Databases jpn

The Database of Japanese Intellectual History contains bibliographical information regarding Japanese intellectual history, from antiquity to the present day, published after 1965; data covers widely for example religions and ideologies. The interface can be changed into English by clicking the language link on the left hand side of the screen

: JICA研究所

Domestic and International Affairs, Research Societies, People, and Databases eng

JICA Research Institute, a research section of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, focuses on supporting developing countries. The institute provides its publications as well as some data sets. A multimedia page releases podcast programmes about the world economy, ODA, and future strategies

: 写真の中の明治・大正 : 国立国会図書館所蔵写真帳から

Ethnography and Folklore eng

The Meiji and Taisho Eras in Photographs highlights scenery from the last decade of the nineteenth century to the early decades of the twentieth century from Tokyo and Kansai. Both count 500 and 400 items, respectively. It is possible to search for photographs by maps, categories, and keywords.

Ethnography and Folklore eng

The East Asia Image Collection, Lafayette College presents digitized contemporary postcards, photographs, and slides which showcase from Japan’s colonial expansion era to occupation era, including China, Korea, Japan, and Indonesia, Colonial Taiwan, and Manchuria (it particularly highlights these last two areas).

: 日本昔話資料：稲田浩二コレクションデータベース

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

The Japanese Folklore Database from the Inada Koji Collection, National Museum of Ethnology offers a summary and catalogue of the collection. The collection comprises recordings of folklores throughout the country. The database offers a catalogue and summary of each recording.

: 近代日本の身装電子年表

Ethnography and Folklore eng

Chronology of Clothing Culture in Japan: 1868–1945 highlights the changes in fashion from ethnic style to western style clothing. The collection contains data as well as images. The database can be accessed by two methods: chronology and memoirs; however, neither of these options are provided in English. The database offers a chronology of the different fashions styles, which makes it possible to understand the styles according to different time periods

: 日本災害DIGITALアーカイブ

Ethnography and Folklore eng

The Digital Archive of Japan’s 2011 Disasters, run by the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, focuses on preserving and sharing the memory of the disasters. It collects online records, blog articles, messages on twitter, and multimedia works connected to the disaster.

: インド・イスラーム史跡

Ethnography and Folklore eng

Islamic Monuments in India: Photographic Database is an output from a research expedition to India. The photos capture scenes from across the country, however most images focus on Delhi. It was ordered both by cities of place and by types of building.

: アジア太平洋地域無形文化遺産データベース

Ethnography and Folklore eng

The Asia-Pacific Database on Intangible Cultural Heritage contains information about traditional performing arts including music, dance, theatre, puppet theatre, and others. It mainly provides descriptions and photographs; some video clips are also available.