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

: 女性情報ポータルウィネット

Domestic and International Affairs eng

Winet is a portal intended to promote gender equality; it is operated by the National Women’s Education Center. This portal offers information concerning gender equality, such as a list of services for women, a bibliographic database, statistics, a who’s who list, and a list of web resources.

: 女性と男性に関するデータベース

Domestic and International Affairs jpn

The Gender Statistics Database is provided through Winet; it offers figures regarding the similarities and differences between men and women. For example, it covers education, housework and labour, health, and opinion polls.

: 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.

: 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.

: Genji overseas

Overseas collections of Japanese Resources, Literature and Linguistics jpn

Domestic and International Affairs jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Ethnography and Folklore 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.

Domestic and International Affairs jpn

History, Ethnography and Folklore jpn

: 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.

: Japanese Media and Popular Culture

Ethnography and Folklore eng

: Database of Archival Documents in the Open Research Center for Minamata Studies

Domestic and International Affairs jpn