Online Resources and Databases

Japanese Studies Resources

E-Texts and Images

E-Texts

• Aozora Bunko
• Japanese Text Initiative
  Collaboration of University of Virginia and University of Pittsburgh
• Kanô Bunko (Tôhoku Daigaku)
• Kichô Shiryô Gazô dêtabêsu (Kyôto Daigaku)
• Kichôsho Gazô dêtabêsu (Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan)
• Kichôsho Collection (Tsukuba Daigaku)
• Kokubungaku Kenkyû Shiryôkan dêtabêsu
  Full-text search for Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei (kyûhan)
• Nihon Bungaku Tekisuto Fairu (Fukui Daigaku)
• Shinto Text Initiative
  Collaboration of University of California and Kokugakuin Daigaku
• Tôkyô Daigaku Shiryô Hensanjo dêtabêsu
• Yomihon Collection (Kyûshû Daigaku)

Maps

• Images of early maps on the web: Asia (Tony Campbell of the British Library)

Photographs

• Bakumatsu-Meiji Photographs (Nagasaki Daigaku)
• Mainichi Photo Bank (Mainichi Shinbunsha)
• Yomiuri Shashinkan (Yomiuri Shinbunsha)

Japanese language newspapers

• Asahi shinbun
• Tôdai Shaken Asahi kiji dêtabêsu (Asahi shinbun kensaku, 1922+)
  
• Mainichi shinbun (Searchable, past 2 years)
  
• Nihon keizai shinbun
• Nikkei Goo (Nihon keizai; Nikkei sangyô; Nikkei ryûtsû; Nikkei kin'yû shinbun: searchable, past 1 year)
  
• Yomiuri shinbun
  
• Kôbe Daigaku Fuzoku Toshokan Dejitaru-ban Shinbun Kiji Bunko (Searchable, Meiji-matsu--senzenki)
  
• Links to Zenkokushi • chihôshi (Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan)

Ukiyoe

• Floating World of Ukiyo-e Exhibition (Library of Congress)
• Jim Breen's Ukiyoe Gallery
• Manyô'an Ukiyoe Collection
• Nishikie Collection (Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda Daigaku)
• Silk Ukiyoe Gallery (Shinshû Daigaku)
• Ukiyoe : The Pictures of the Floating World (Hans Olof Johansson)
• Ukiyoe from the Sweet Briar Collection
• Ukiyoe Gallery (Nagoya Broadcasting Network)
• Viewing Japanese Prints (John Fiorillo)