Japan Studies: Japanese database A-Z: Japanese Databases A-Z

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• 3.11 Documentary Film Archives 3.11ドキュメンタリーフィルムアーカイブ List of the documentary films on the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011.
• Academic Research Database Repository Searches multiple databases of various subjects.
• ADEAC (アデアック）デジタルアーカイブシステム Portal site to many digital documents.
• Ainugo Corpus アイヌ語口承文芸コーパス Audio corpus of Ainu Lanuage Folkfore created by the Japanese Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics
• Ajireki Newsletter アジ歴ニュースレター Newsletter issues by JACAR
• Anime Scenarios & Scenario Writers アニメ脚本と脚本家データベース searchable index for anime scenarios and scenario writers, no full texts available due to the copyright.
• Aozora Bunko/青空文庫 Full-texts of Japanese literature
• Asahi Shinbun Kikuzo II/朝日新聞聞蔵II UHM Only In additon to full-texts of the Asahi Newspaper from 1879 to present, includes Aera アエラ (monthly magazine), Shukan Asahi 週刊朝日 from 1984 to present.  Also it includes Chiezo 知恵蔵 current issue. Jinbutsu database 人物情報 provides a short biographical information on selected individuals.
• Asahi Shinbun Historical Photo Archive via Asahi Shinbun Kikuzo II UHM Only
  A database of 10,000+ news photos (within the Kikuzo II Visual commercial database) taken by Asahi journalists during the World War II period.

• Broadcast Library 放送ライブラリー  an archival facility that systematically maintains such programs and makes them available to the public.
• Bunka Digital Library 文化デジタルライブラリー Official site that introduces Japanese traditional performances staged at 国立劇場, 国立演芸場, 能楽堂, 文楽劇場。

•  CiNii Books (Japanese version / English version)  Japanese & some European university Libraries union catalog
•   CiNii  Articles 論文情報ナビゲータ (Japanese version / English version) Japanese scholarly journal index. Abstracts are available. Includes NDL Zasshi Kiji Sakuin search. Many full text articles from Daigaku Kiyo (大学紀要）are available in pdf. Can search holding institutions. Can save your bibliographic information in three different formats.  See also the Getting the Most of CiNii Articles Database

• Daihon 台本, TV Screenplays Waseda University Bunka Shigen Database 早稲田大学文化資源データベース Including magazines on performing arts, TV screenplays 台本, etc.
• Database Index/データベース台帳 Japanese alphabetical list of all the databases created by the National Institutes for the Humanities
• Dokushojin 読書人 Weekly information about books (book reviews)
• Digital Humanities in Japanese language & literature 日本語日本文学デジタルヒューマニティ研究サイト
• The Digital Archive of the Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy (Nihon Gaiko Bunsho from 1867 to 1926)/外務省編纂日本外交文書
• Doctoral Dissertation Database 博士論文データベースdigitized by NDL
  • Also can search each institutional repository via JAIRO. Include dissertation or 博士論文 in your keyword search to limit.

• 絵はがきサイト Historical Postcards sites
  • Ehagaki Museum 絵葉書資料館
  • 京都大学絵葉書からみるアジア Asia Depicted on Postcards by Kyoto University Digital Collections
  • Pre-war postcards by the East Asia Image Collection by Lafayette College
•   an official portal site for Japan's statistics.
• Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan via the JapanKnowledge Lib  UHM Only Direct link to the EOJ

• Fukushima Prefectural Library, Publications related to the Great East Japan Earthquake  福島県立図書館東日本大震災復興ライブラリー

Fim database: ​Shin Toho Database 1947-1962 新東宝データベース 771+ films created and distributed by Shin Toho 新東宝. Searchable by years of creations/distributions, Titles, directors, and actors.

Gaming in Japan 日本のゲーム関連サイト

• Game Preservation Society ゲーム保存協会 Nonー profit organization which strives for the preservation of digital games and information. Need to make an appointment to use their library.
• Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association コンピュータエンタテインメント協会 including a list of publications/statistics
• Japan Online Game Association 日本オンラインゲーム協会
• Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies 立命館大学ゲーム研究センター
• Tokyo Game Show Annual game show announcement
• Media Art Database organized by the Agency of Cultural Affairs 文化庁メディア芸術データベース Searchable database

• Google Arts & Culture Made in Japan
• Google Books Japan Includes many full text books
• Gozan Bungaku Database/ 五山文学データベース
• Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Miyagi Searchable database for archival photos, videos, documents, & maps

• Hakurankai Shiryo database 博覧会資料データベース sponsored by Nomura Kogeisha 乃村工芸社 Searchable for information about the Exhibitions held in Japan. Some full text materials.
• HathiTrust Digital Library Full text books. Many Japanese books from Google Books & Keio University Library.
• Higashi Nihon Dai Shinsai Archive Miyagi 東日本大震災アーカイブ宮城 Archival sites of information by Miyagi Prefecture
• Higashi Nihon Dai Shinsai (3.11) Iwate no kiroku 東日本大震災岩手の記録 pdf file of the title by Iwate Prefecture.
• Higashi Nihon Dai Shinsai related: "We Shall Never Forget" 震災犠牲者の行動記録 digital archive of those who lost their lives in the disaster, mapping their evacuation efforts from when the earthquake struck until the tsunami arrived. 
• 放送ライブラリー an archival facility that systematically maintains such programs and makes them available to the public.
• Hyakunin Isshu collections by Atomi Gakuen University. 跡見学園女子大学「百人一首コレクション」

• Indian and Buddhist Studies (INBUDS) Treaties Database/インド学仏教学論文データベース
• Inkan Search 印鑑検索 Searchable database by names of artists, scholars, and caligraphers during Edo. 江戸時代に活躍した画家、学者、書家の印章を集めたデータベース。名前から印章を検索できる。
• Irasutoya いらすとや Free downloadable Japanese illustrations site

• Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement database: A Digital Archives at the UC Berkeley Library
• Japanese American in Hawaii internees' database via JCCH: Searchable directory of those of Japanese ancestry who were arrested and confined in the Territory of Hawai‘i during World War II. 
• Japanese American Military History Collective A cooperative partnership of the Japanese American Service Committee, Military Intelligence Service Veterans Club of Hawaii, Nisei Veterans Memorial Center, Go For Broke National Education Center, and other partners to improve access to cultural heritage organizations’ historical content about Japanese American World War II veteran legacy including oral histories, documents, and photographs. 
• Japanese Animated Film Classis 日本アニメーション映画クラシックス Free historical Japanese animation films online. Organized by animation categories and titles with author descriptions. Films with English subtitles.
• Japan Archives ジャパンアーカイブズ検索サイト Visual images of Japan's history from 1850
• Japanese Censorship Collection at the Library of Congress. Over 1,000 marked-up titles by the Military Government in Japan between 1920-1930.
• Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR)/国立公文書館アジア歴史資料センター
• JAIRO  (Japanese / English) Japanese Institutional Repositories Online. ジャイロ It enables you to search all the institutional repositories sites in Japan.  
• Japan History Information Studies by Nagoya University. Includes biographical, SCAP documents databases
• Japanese Language School, the US Navy, The Interpreters, extensive history and collections at the Univ. of Colorado Boulder, written by Archivist David Hays.
• Japanese Literature in Translation Database 日本文学翻訳書誌データベースcomplied by the Japan Pen Club and managed by the Japan Foundation 
•  ジャパンナレッジLib Japan Knowledge Lib  UHM Only This Japanese-language resource provides more than 30 databases such as 5 encyclopedias, 8 dictionaries, 7 full text magazines, interactive maps, video library, full text of the collection of Toyo Bunko, and more. It is the largest online reference resource on Japan. Search many different dabases uncer one search. What is the Japan Knowledge? (via Youtube)
• Japan P.E.N Club Digital Library  Mainly contains copyrighted literary works included with the permission of the copyright holders of each work, either the authors themselves or the copyright heirs if the author is deceased.
• Japan Search (Beta) A portal for searching holding information of digital archives operated by organizations in Japan. It is scheduled to release the official version in 2020.

   

• Jitsu / 字通  access throughJapanKnowlegde Lib database UHM Only
  Systematic treatment of the development, meanings, and compounding of Chinese characters. Contains 9,500 main entries.
•   J-STAGE (Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator Electronic Journals)/科学技術情報発信・流通総合システム ( Japanese / English ) Index database for Japanese scholarly journals. Some are linked to full texts.
• JST Project Database JSTプロジェクトデータベース It provides access to research & project subjects/themes which were supported by competitive grants. 研究課題等の情報

• Kabuki/Joruri Database 歌舞伎・浄瑠璃データベース by Ritsumeikan University Art Research Center 立命館大学アート・リサーチセンター
• KAKEN Database of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research contains the "Project Selected" documents and the research report summaries.
• Kamishibai Collection 紙芝居コレクション Kanagawa University's Kamishibai Collection 神奈川大学デジタルアーカイブズ紙芝居コレクション
• Kanpo 官報 Official Gazzette published 1883-1952 & 1946-1952 (for English Gazzette) digitized by NDL. 明治16（1883）年7月2日の官報創刊日から昭和27（1952）年4月30日までの官報、および昭和21（1946）年4月4日から昭和27（1952）年4月28日の期間のみ刊行されていたOFFICIAL GAZETTE 
• Kanto Daishinsai Disaster Maps 関東大震災報告 Includes a report and maps by Japan's Cabinet Office.
• Kanto Daishinsai Maps & Photos 関東大震災 地図と写真 by Kanagawa University. Including a time lap disaster map.
  • Check also NDL Digital Collection
• Nihon Kayo Kenkyu 日本歌謡研究 from 1964 (issue #1~) Full-text journal back issues.
• Kazoekata no Jiten / 数え方の辞典 Online version available through JapanKnowledge Lib Contains words used to count things.
• Kenetsusha Database 検閲者データベースJapanese Censorship Officers during the Occupation of Japan 
• Kenetsu Kenkyu Website 検閲研究ウェブサイト, by Institute of Intelligence Studies, Japan インテリジェンス研究所
• Ken'ikai digital site 研医会画像コレクション includes many digitized pre-modern books on health, medicine, and nutritions in pdf.
• Kinsei Enpon Database 近世艶本データベース By the Art Center of Ritsumeikan University. Searchable database of Enpon held domestically and Internationally. 近世期に制作された艶本の所在情報、書誌情報を検索できるようにしたものです。日本国内外の研究機関・博物館・図書館や個人コレクターなどが所蔵する資料を対象としています。本データベースでは、随時情報を追加・更新していきます。
• Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan via the JapanKnowledge Lib  UHM Only Direct link to the EOJ

• Koji Ruien 古事類苑 An encyclopedic index of objects, events, and institutions appearing in classical literature. Based on the model of the Chinese encyclopedias. The work is divided into 30 broad categories. Each category has an introductory essay and relevant primary and early secondary documents.

  • Digitized version via NDL Digital Library from the Meiji Era 
  • Online Databases
    • Koji Ruien access through JapanKnowledge Lib UHM Only
    • Koji Ruien database by Nichibunken
    • Koji Ruien database by Kokubunken (国文学研究史料館)
• Kokkai Kaigiroku 国会会議録 National Diet Reports and Minutes
• Kyokasho 尋常小学校読本 Kokubungaku Shiryokan Kindai Gazo Database 国文学資料館 近代画像データベース
• Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyujo Institutional Repository 国立国語研究所機関デポジトリ National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL)
  • NINJAL Databases Links
• Kokushi Daijiten/国史大辞典  UHM Only
  Printed version and online version via JapanKnowledge Lib are available
  One of the largest encyclopedias of Japanese history.  It encompasses every aspect of Japan's history and includes entries in related fields such as archaeology, folklore, religion, art, Japanese language, Japanese literature and geography.
• Koten bungaku denshi tekisuto kensaku/古典文学電子テキスト検索 Search engine to look for digitized early Japanese books
• Koten Library 古典ライブラリ UHM Only Database name: Koten Library (Pre-modern Japanese literature library)
  It contains full-texts of the Shinpen Kokka Taikan  and of three major waka dictionaries: Waka Bungaku Daijiten (new version),  and Utamakura Utakotoba Jiten (expanded edition).
• Kotenseki database 古典籍画像
• Database of Pre-Modern Japanese Works 新日本湖蓮籍総合データベース（ポータル）by National Institute of Japanese Literature 国文学研究資料館
• Kusuri Hakubutsukan 内藤記念くすり博物館 Naito Museum of Phermaceutical Science and Industry Many historical documents and images such as Meiji/Taisho advertisements of medicine
• Kuzushiji Jiten,Mokkan Jiten / くずし字字典・木簡字典 via 東京大学史料編纂所
• Kyakuhon Database 脚本データベース Searchable Scenario Index Database, citations only, no full texts
• Kyoiku Toshokan  教育図書館 国定期・旧制中学校教科書（約20,000冊）の検索。戦前教科書については、明治初期・明治検定期・国定期・旧制中学校教科書（約36,000冊）の検索。
• The Kyoto School Archives京都学派アーカイブス

• MangaPedia マンガペディア Online encyclopedia featuring comics: Although it has “login” button, users are not required to login. The articles are written by researchers and journalists specialized with manga,
• Maruyama Masao Virtual Study Room 丸山眞男文庫バーチャル書庫 by Tokyo Woman's Christian University. Bibliographical information based on the location of his personal bookshelves by clicking the shelf.
• Maruzen eBook Library  UHM Only The Maruzen eBook Library offers access to 77 titles of Japanese graded readers (extensive reading materials)
• Meiji at 150 educational site by the University of British Colombia. Includes lecture series, podcast, and digital resources.
• Minamatagaku Kenkyu Center (Open Research Center for Minamata Studies) 水俣学研究センターデータベース By Kumamoto Gakuen Univrsity 熊本学園大学
• Modern Japanese Political History Materials 憲政資料 by NDL. The collection includes correspondences, manuscripts,diaries, and photographs, which originally belonged to the eminent figures of the Japanese modern political history.
• Muryo Manga Zasshi by Kindle, Free online manga
• Museum of Memories on the Battlefields WWII 戦場体験史料館
  Operated by Japan Veterans Video Archive Project (JVVAP).

• "Nakayoshi" 「なかよし」cover database. Japanese magazine for girls' cover database from the 1st issue 1955.
• Nanzan Review of American Studies repository from the 1st issue to present.
• Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties 奈良文化財研究所 archaeology related databases top page
• Nasatsu (votive slips) Collection Digital site by the University of Oregon (in English & Japanese)
• US Navy's Japanese Language School, The Interpreters, extensive history and collections at the Univ. of Colorado Boulder, written by Archivist David Hays
• NDL Digital Collections Searches digitized collections at NDL
• NDL OPAC 国会図書館目録 Click on "Guest Login" if you do not have registered ID. Searches multiple databases held by the National Diet Library.
• NDL Search 国会図書館サーチ Searches many other institutions as well as NDL 
• Newspaper Clippings Collection 新聞記事文庫 at Kobe University Library. Can search and view full text clippings from the end of Meiji to Showa 45 (1970).
• Nikkei Telecom21 UHM Only (日本経済新聞社4紙Onlineフルテキスト及び経済人人物情報)
• Nihon Kayo Kenkyu 日本歌謡研究 from 1964 (issue #1~) Full-text journal back issues.
• Nihon Keizai Gakkai Rengo Newsletter in Englsih 日本経済学会連合
• Nihon Kenkyu no tame no Rekishi Joho 日本日本研究のための歴史情報 SCAPドキュメント、人事興信録、法律新聞データベース 
• Nihon Kokugo Daijiten / 日本国語大辞典 UHM Only Available online version through JapanKnowledge Lib.  Largest Japanese language dictionary from classical Japanese to mordern.
• 日本古典籍総合目録 (国書書総目録+古典籍総合目録+国文研マイクロフィルムカタログ) 
  See more about this database "Getting the Most of Union Catalog of Japanese Early Books"
• Nihon no Furuhonya/日本の古本屋 This database allows you to search over 3,000 used book dealers in Japan.
• Nihon no Bijutsu/日本の美術
  Index by art category/ 分野別論文等目録 by Shunjudo Bunko 春秋堂文庫
• Nihon NPO Center Information/stats/database, etc. related to NPOs in Japan.
• Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei 日本歴史地名大系   UHM Only access throughJapanKnowledge Lib
  Encyclopedia of Japanese historical place names. Some 20,000 entries are categorized, encompassing all of the prefectures of Japan plus Kyoto City, edited to reflect recent changes such as municipal mergers and changes in place names. It also contains some 500 archeological notes reflecting the latest research.
• Nihongo Kyoiku Network database 日本語教育ネットワークデータ prepared by National Institute for Japanese Language & Linguistics 国立国語研究所
• Nipponica 日本大百科全書  UHM Only access through JapanKnowledge Lib
  Includes approximately 130,000 entries and 700,000 index words and is regularly updated and revised
• Nohgaku 能楽インターネット仕舞 moving images of the Noh plays Ritsumeikan University Art Research Center 
• Noh as Intermedia! Stanford University's multimeida site about Noh plays.

• Okinawa Times Database (沖縄タイムスデータベース）UHM Only 1997-present. Text only articles.
• Okinawa Historical Resources Database/沖縄歴史文献データベース
  Searchable materials on Okinawa held by various institutions including the UHM Library's Sakamaki/Hawley Collection
• Oral History Archives for Japanese Art 日本美術オーラル・ヒストリー・アーカイブ
• Web-Oya Bunko database 大宅壮一文庫雑誌記事索引検索ウェブ版  UHM Only  A citation index for the Oya Soichi Bunko popular magazine collections. It covers from Meiji period to the present. Currently the database contains over 4.5 million magazine articles, many of which are not indexed by other Japanese databases. 明治～現在まで

• Performing Arts Research Article Index 日本芸術文化研究文献目録 Ritsumeikan University Art Center Database
• Kusuri Hakubutsukan 内藤記念くすり博物館 Naito Museum of Phermaceutical Science and Industry Many historical documents and images such as Meiji/Taisho advertisements of medicine
• Prange Collection プランゲ文庫 Censored Japanese materials during the occupation period after the World War II. It consists of the newspapers, magazines and books submitted to the Allied Powers preserved in the University of Maryland.

• Rekishiteki Ongen Database 歴史的音源(Rekion) by NDL Digitized audio database covering 1900-1950.
• Rias Ark Museum リアス・アーク美術館 in Kesennuma, Miyagi-pre.
• Ryukyu Shinpo Database (琉球新報データベース）UHM Only 1998-present. Text only articles.

• Sakamaki/Hawley Collection Digital site サカマキ・ホーレーコレクションデジタルサイト via the University of the Ryukyus Library, digital images of over 500 titles from the UHM Asia Collection's Sakamai/Hawley Colletion.
• Scenario Index Database 脚本データベース Anime Scenario Index Database アニメ脚本と脚本家データベース
• Seals (inkan) Search 印鑑検索 Searchable database by names of artists, scholars, and calligraphers during Edo. 江戸時代に活躍した画家、学者、書家の印章を集めたデータベース。名前から印章を検索できる。
• Senryo Kankei Shiryo 占領関係資料 by NDL provides reports on the records of U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific theater), including reports and memoranda on the effects and impacts of the bombing of the potential targets in Japanese territories. Parts of this collection (ca. 20,000 items) are available on this database.
• Shinbun Manga Kenkyujo 新聞マンガ研究所 Develops a database of manga on Japanese newspapers.
• Shin Toho Database 1947-1962 新東宝データベース 771+ films created and distributed by Shin Toho 新東宝. Searchable by years of creations/distributions, Titles, directors, and actors.
• Shirabemono rinku shu 調べものリンク集 (useful links to verify the information) Useful links that journalists of the Mainichi Newspaper check to verify the information.
• Shirin 史林 online from the 1st issue (1915) up to the issue that passed 4 years after the publication. UHM record
• Soto Related Resources Online Catalog/曹洞宗関係文献目録 1868-2007/明治元年-平成19年
• Studies in Japanese Literature and Culture, Open access online Journal by the National Institute of Japanese Literature.

• Taiwan eBook 台湾華文電子書庫 Free e-books including many Japanese language historical books published during the occupation period.
• Teikoku Gikai Kaigiroku 帝国議会会議録 Minutes of the Imperial Diet held from Nov. 1890 -March 1947. 帝国議会全会期（明治23年11月～昭和22年3月）
• Tobunken-Sainsbury Institute Research Collection Database 研究資料データベース　a project between the Sainsbury Institute (SISJAC) and the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo (Tobunken).
• Tokyo University Library Digital rare materials 東京大学電子化コレクション Index/link to the digitized collections

• Ukensha chosa 有権者調査 by University of Tokyo, downloadable survey results.
• Ukiyoe publishers To find out each publisher's mark.
• Ukiyoe Site Search 浮世絵関係サイト検索 Search web sites related to Ukiyo-e Ritsumeikan University Art Research Center

• Wa-Kan Sansai Zue 和漢三才図会
  Wa-kan Sansai Zue (illustrated Sino-Japanese encyclopedia) describes and illustrates various activities of daily life, such as carpentry and fishing, as well as plants and animals, and constellations.
  • Printed version (Library use only)
  • CD-ROM version (Asia Reading Room use only)
  • Digitized version vol.1, vol.2, and vol.3 via NDL Kindai Digital Library. Published in 1888
  • Modern Japanese language translation version access through Japan Knowledge Lib UHM Only
    Toyo Bunko (東洋文庫) 
• Wakugawa Collection 湧川文庫 Extensive collections on Hawaii and Japanese immigrants donated to Meio Univisertiy.
• Waseda University Rare & Early Prints Catalog/早稲田大学古典籍総合データベース Including Tale of Genji, Mordern Literature, Edo Literature, historical images, and more.
• Waseda University Bunka Shigen Database 早稲田大学文化資源データベース Including magazines on performing arts, TV screenplays 台本, etc.
• Web Archiving Project (WARP) by NDL. Searches web sites archived by NDL.
• Webcat Plus  Catalogs of Japanese university libraries + publishers
• Web-Oya Bunko database 大宅壮一文庫雑誌記事索引検索ウェブ版  UHM Only  A citation index for the Oya Soichi Bunko popular magazine collections. It covers from Meiji period to the present. Currently the database contains over 4.5 million magazine articles, many of which are not indexed by other Japanese databases. 明治～現在まで
• WWII propaganda/information bills & flyers distributed by the US Military digitized by the University of Zurich

• Yomidas Rekishikan (ヨミダス歴史館) UHM Only 1874 (Nov.2)-Present
• Yamaguchi-ken Monjokan (Archives) 山口県文書館データベース
• Yonen gaho keisai sakuhin database/幼年画報掲載作品データベース via NDL International Library of Children's Literature

•   Zasshi Kiji Sakuin Shusei Database/皓星社雑誌記事索引集成データベース UHM Only Japanese periodical and magazine index from the Meiji to the present. Can cross search in CiNii, NDL Zasshi Kiji Sakuin (see below).  See also the Getting the Most of Koseisha Zasshi Kiji Sakuin Shusei
• Zasshi Kiji Sakuin/雑誌記事索引
  Journal indexes from 1948 to present developed by the National Diet Library. List of journals indexed in the NDL Zasshi Kiki Sakuin database.  See also the Getting the Most of Zasshi Kiji Sakuin Guide
• Zenkoku Shoshi 全国書誌 Bibliographic database for Japanese publications in Japan and the world.
• Zen Seki Database/禅籍データベース Provided by Hanazono University
• Zeppan Managa Library 絶版マンガ図書館 Need to make a free registration at "Registration" page. Free download for out-of-print manga books.
• Zoshoin Database 蔵書印データベース by the National Institute of Japanese Literature.