Archival Collections Online
- Japan Center for Asian Historical RecordsPart of the National Archives of Japan.
- Meiji Japan This link opens in a new window
Provides insights into Japan during the Mejii Era (1868-1912) through the papers of Edward Sylvester Morse (1838-1925), an American polymath who taught at Tokyo Imperial University in the 1870s and traveled extensively in Japan. Morse recorded his experiences in great detail and maintaining a deep interest in the country and its culture for the remainder of his life.
- Hiroshima ArchiveA pluralistic digital archive that tells the reality of Hiroshima atomic bomb
- We Shall Never Forget 忘れない 3.11.15:20 (2011)A 3.11 digital archive created by the Iwate Nippo Newspaper.
- Japan Disasters Digital Archive (Harvard University)A collection for archived materials from all over the web, individuals’ testimonials, tweets, prominently including content from international partners who are building digital repositories about the disasters.
- NDL Web Archiving ProjectThis project mission is to web archive websites of the national, prefectural, and municipal governments, including those of prefectures, designated cities, cities, and towns as well as committees for municipal mergers, independent administrative corporations, semi-governmental corporations or agencies, universities, events, online periodicals, and similar sites.
- Cultural Heritage Online 文化遺産オンラインPhotos of Japanese cultural properties. Can be searched by location, periods, subjects and types of cultural property.
- Fine Prints: Japanese, pre-1915A selection of digitized woodblock prints and drawings located at the Library of Congress. The images date from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, by such artists as Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi, Sadahide, and Yoshiiku.
- Database of illustrations of Modern FolkloreIt contains the images of all pages of ezoshi, or illustrated story books from the Edo period in the Nichibunken collection.
- ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Contains digital images with accompanying data, as well as software tools to enable researchers to use the images actively. Allows searching and browsing of images from a wide range of cultures and time periods, focusing on but not limited to the arts. Designed to enhance teaching, learning, and scholarship in art history and many other disciplines.
- Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new windowOxford Art Online allows you to search the vast content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference in one location. Users can also choose to view biographies, subject entries, or images when searching or browsing. There are plenty of images related to Japanese art available in this database.
- Ethnomusicology: Global Field Recordings This link opens in a new window
Gives access to the cultural and social lives of the source communities represented within the recordings, allowing users a unique insight into the musical traditions of these communities. Allows for the study of cultural identity, social norms, religion and ritual, and gender roles, as well as many other themes.
- Asahi Shimbun Cross Search 朝日新聞クロスサーチ This link opens in a new window
One of the largest on-line newspaper database in Japan, containing over 8,000,000 articles. Includes four sections: Asahi Shinbun newspaper: 1945-present; AERA weekly magazine: May 1988-present; Shukan Asahi weekly magazine (news section only): April 2000-present; and Historical Photo Archive : 1930-1945. (10,000 historical photographs).
- Zasshi kiji sakuin shūsei dētabēsu 雑誌記事索引集成データベース This link opens in a new windowIndexes Japanese periodical articles published from 1868 to present time, including local periodicals not present in other indexes and those published in former Japanese colonies.
- Rafu Shimpo Digital Archive This link opens in a new windowThe Rafu Shimpo (羅府新報, L.A. Japanese Daily News) is the longest running Japanese American newspaper in the United States. The paper began in 1903 supporting the small but growing Japanese community in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles, California.The Rafu Shimpo rests squarely at the scholarly intersection of Japanese history and the Japanese-American émigré community—especially in California, with its unique coverage of news, community history, and announcements of births, marriages, and deaths.
- Foreign Office Files For Japan, 1919-1952 This link opens in a new window
Includes documents from the British government on Japan. Provides significant insight into the events between First World War victory and Second World War defeat, crucial to understanding the political journey of Japan during this period. Topics include ultra-nationalism and the Japanese agenda of imperial dominance in the Far East, employment and social conditions in a time of global economic instability, etc.