Links to references

: 奈良女子大学古代学学術研究センター 奈良盆地歴史地理データベース

History jpn

: デジタルアーカイブス, 富岡製糸場

History eng

: 熊谷デジタルミュージアム

History jpn

: 弘前大学附属図書館貴重資料

History jpn

: 熊本大学附属図書館 阿蘇家文書

History jpn

: 山口大学考古資料データベース

History jpn

: 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.

: The Hyakugo Archives WEB

History eng

The Hyakugo Archives Web is an open archive that enables the public to access the Hyakugo Archives Collection, a document archive of a temple spanning from the eighth to the eighteenth century. The archive includes documents pertaining to the daily operations of the temple as well as lawsuits and bequests.

History eng

The Nagasaki Shipping List and Advertiser, founded in 1861, is the first English newspaper in Japan. The archive provides digitised images of the newspaper; a full text search is also available.

: ラウレスキリシタン文庫データベース

Religious Studies, History eng

The Laures Rare Book Database & Virtual Library, Kirishitan Bunko, Sophia University is a catalogue and digital gallery containing the works of Jesuit and other missionaries to Japan. The Laures database has been revised from Laures’s seminal descriptive catalogue (1951, 2nd ed.). On the other hand Virtual Library displays rare materials belonging to the university’s Kirishitan Bunko collection.

: 幕末・明治期古写真メタデータベース

History jpn

: 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.