Links to references

: 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

Maps and Geology eng

Maps of Japan from the Collection of Sir Hugh and Lady Cortazzi, now on loan to the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, is a unique and rare collection of old Japanese maps that integrate both European and Japanese perspectives on Japan from the early sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Areas of maps range from the Japanese islands to a map of a local city. It is not known how much of the collection is digitised.

Maps and Geology jpn

Contains information on the whereabouts of old maps, mainly urban maps made in early modern Japan. Images attached for maps in the Nichibunken collection.

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Maps and Geology jpn

Several variations of Japanes maps (standard, photo, dissaster etc.)

: Japanese Map Warper

Maps and Geology jpn

Maps and Geology eng

Maps and Geology jpn

Maps and Geology jpn

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.

Maps and Geology jpn

History, Ethnography and Folklore jpn

Maps and Geology 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.

Maps and Geology jpn