Links to references

: 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.

: 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.

: 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.