Links to references

: ちりめん本データベース

Literature and Linguistics eng

Chirimen Crepe Books Database is a digital library of translated Japanese folktales printed on Chirimen crepe paper. These materials derive from a series that was translated into Western languages, which was printed as a souvenir for Westerner tourists.

: オックスフォード上代日本語コーパス

Literature and Linguistics eng

The Oxford Corpus of Old Japanese is still under development. Presently, it offers lexicon search and searchable texts of Old Japanese texts from the 7th and 8th centuries AD, most of which are verses and ritual texts. All attestations in the targeted language can be seen through the lexicon page. KWIC search will be publicly available.

: 漢字字体規範史データセット

Literature and Linguistics jpn

The Hanzi Normative Glyphs Database is organised to reveal how the forms of glyphic standards changed and spread in the Sinosphere during the medieval and early modern ages. It displays every attested form of the characters and their frequencies. Results are listed in the following order: the early Tang period, the middle Tang period, Japan, other Sinosphere areas, and dictionaries.

: 木簡画像データベース

Literature and Linguistics eng

The Wooden Tablet Character Dictionary is a compilation of Chinese characters written on wooden tablets that were unearthed in Japan. Wooden tablets were used for general purposes from early civilisation to the tenth century. Since these characters are certainly different from the modern standard, such a compilation benefits not only reading wooden tablets but also understanding of the history of Chinese characters in Japan and the Sinosphere.

: 使役交替言語地図

Literature and Linguistics eng

The World Atlas of Transitivity Pairs maps approximately fifty languages, geologically and typologically, in accordance with their pairing patterns between transitive and intransitive verbs: that is to say, whether such pairs were constructed from a derivation of either a transitive or intransitive verb.

: 国指定文化財等データベース

Arts and Crafts jpn

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

Arts and Crafts eng

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

Arts and Crafts eng

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

Arts and Crafts eng

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

Arts and Crafts eng

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

Arts and Crafts jpn

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.