Publications by Local ScholarsThis webpage introduces monographs and edited books produced by, or featuring the work of...Continue reading →
Visual Resources for Japan, Duke UniversityThis Duke University Library webpage aggregates over a hundred different...Continue reading →
Nichibunken Public DatabasesThe International Research Centre for Japanese Studies (commonly known as Nichibunken) has developed...Continue reading →
National Library of Australia (NLA)The National Library of Australia has an extensive collection of Japan-related materials...Continue reading →
National Diet Library (NDL) Online ServicesThe NDL’s online services include a range of databases and...Continue reading →
Library of Congress Online CollectionThe US Library of Congress online collection includes almost 220,000 items related to Japan.Continue reading →
Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital ArchiveKyoto University has a broad collection of digitised historical material, including...Continue reading →
Japanese Digital Resources, Penn State University LibraryCompiled by a librarian from Penn State University Library, this detailed resources hub...Continue reading →
Japan Studies: Finding Images, Yale University LibraryThis webpage categorises image databases chronologically, from...Continue reading →
Japan SearchSpearheaded by the National Diet Library, Japan Search is a data aggregation tool which...Continue reading →
Google Arts & Culture, JapanThis resource is a gateway to exploring Japanese art and culture online. It features dynamic...Continue reading →
Cultural JapanThis website aggregates content related to Japan and Japanese culture from museums, libraries and...Continue reading →
Center for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH)Located in Japan, CODH is a pioneering semi-government organisation which uses...Continue reading →
Statistics Bureau of JapanThis site provides official government statistics related to Japan, including...Continue reading →
Japanese Law TranslationAn initiative of Japan’s Ministry of Justice, this website provides English-language...Continue reading →
Guide to Law Online: JapanThis page collates links to a variety of law-related materials produced by the Japanese...Continue reading →
e-Stat: Portal Site for Official Statistics of Japane-Stat is an English-language access portal for official Japanese government statistics.Continue reading →
Courts in Japan‘Courts in Japan’ is the name of the official website of the Supreme Court of Japan. The website includes...Continue reading →
Asian Law Online Bibliographic DatabaseThis bibliographic database of English-language material on Asian law is...Continue reading →
Shibusawa Shashi (‘Company History’) DatabaseAn initiative of the Shibusawa Eichi Memorial Foundation, this database collates...Continue reading →
‘Meiji at 150’ Digital Teaching ResourceThis open-access online teaching resource was developed by...Continue reading →
Japan Centre for Asian Historical Records (JACAR)JACAR is an open-access online archive of Japanese historical records...Continue reading →
‘Japan and the World on Maps’ CollectionPart of the Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive, this collection features over 100...Continue reading →
Michigan Asian Studies Open Access Books CollectionIn mid-2020, The University of Michigan Press launched its Michigan Asian Studies Open Access...Continue reading →
List of Open-Access Books About JapanThis list is a Google document that was initially compiled by...Continue reading →
Trans Asian Photography Review (TAP)TAP is a peer-reviewed, open-access online journal established in 2010 as a platform for...Continue reading →
New Voices in Japanese Studies (NVJS)NVJS is a peer-reviewed, open-access online journal established in...Continue reading →
Melbourne Asia ReviewMelbourne Asia Review is an open-access, peer-reviewed online journal which was established...Continue reading →
Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies (EJCJS)EJCJS is an open-access, interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal which...Continue reading →
The Asia Pacific Journal: Japan FocusThe Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal which...Continue reading →
Worth SharingWorth Sharing is a series of five English-language catalogues showcasing contemporary...Continue reading →
Japanese Literature in Translation DatabaseProduced by the Japan Foundation, this online database catalogues translations of Japanese literature...Continue reading →
Language Learning with Netflix [Browser Extension]Language Learning with Netflix is a free extension for the Google Chrome browser which...Continue reading →
Japanese Film DatabaseCo-produced by the Japan Foundation, this bilingual (English and Japanese) database catalogues...Continue reading →
Kuzushiji and Premodern Japanese Studies: Learning Resources and AI Initiatives [Video]This is a recording of a graduate workshop run by Dr Tarin Clanuwat (Centre for Open Data in the Humanities) in July 2020, presented by...Continue reading →
Japanese Conjugation PracticeThis simple online tool can be used to practice conjugating...Continue reading →
Japanese Classroom ResourcesCompiled by The Japan Foundation, Sydney, this webpage aggregates...Continue reading →
Irodori: Japanese for Life in Japan [Textbooks]Produced by the Japan Foundation, this series of open-access textbooks...Continue reading →
Webliography JapanCompiled by The Japan Foundation, Sydney Library, this webpage lists a variety of Japan-related...Continue reading →
Japanese in Australia: Japanese Footprints over a Century, 1867-1998 [Book]Published by the Japan Club of Australia in 1998, this book explores the history of...Continue reading →
Photo Archive of Japanese ReligionsNanzan University’s Institute for Religion and Culture hosts an open-access collection of...Continue reading →
Metadata Database of Japanese Old Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji PeriodThis website indexes Nagasaki University Library’s collection of...Continue reading →
The J. Paul Getty Museum Japan Photography CollectionThe J. Paul Getty Museum houses a collection of over 2,000 Japan-related...Continue reading →
Hiroshi Sugiyama Collection, c. 1941-1945This online collection comprises a range of materials relating to Hiroshi Sugiyama, who...Continue reading →
Genthe CollectionThe US Library of Congress’ digitised archive of work by photographer Arnold Genthe includes...Continue reading →
The Entwistle Collection (British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Japan, 1946-1947)The Entwistle Collection is a digital archive of 340 photographs taken by...Continue reading →
Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)The Victoria and Albert Museum in the UK holds an expansive collection of...Continue reading →
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)The NGV holds an eclectic collection of Japan-related objects, ranging from...Continue reading →
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)The rich collection of Japanese art collection held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston numbers over...Continue reading →
Museum of Arts & Applied Sciences (MAAS; Formerly Powerhouse Museum)The Museum of Arts & Applied Sciences (MAAS) has over 1,200 Japan-related...Continue reading →
Japanese Buddhist Art in European Collections (JBAE) DatabaseThe JBAE database is a collaboration between Japan’s Hosei University and...Continue reading →
e-Museum (National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties)e-Museum is a publicly accessible database of National Treasures and...Continue reading →
Colbase (Collections of National Museums, Japan)Colbase, short for ‘Integrated Collections Database of the National Museums, Japan’, showcases...Continue reading →
Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA)The Art Gallery of South Australia has over 900 Japan-related...Continue reading →
Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Japan CollectionThe Art Gallery of New South Wales holds over 1,500 Japan-related...Continue reading →
Historical Recordings CollectionManaged by Japan’s National Diet Library, this collection includes approximately...Continue reading →
Hanashi Oral History Project CollectionThis video archive is a collaborative project between the University of Southern...Continue reading →
Densho Digital RepositoryThis Japanese American history archive is a rich online collection of oral histories...Continue reading →
Harold S. Williams Map CollectionHoused at the National Library of Australia, this collection includes approximately 50...Continue reading →
Cortazzi Map CollectionHeld by the Lisa Sainsbury Library at the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and...Continue reading →
Ukiyo-e SearchUkiyo-e Search is a database which allows users to search over 220,000 online records of...Continue reading →
Ukiyo-e Portal DatabaseHosted by Ritsumeikan University’s Art Research Centre, this database facilitates detailed...Continue reading →
Kaokore Facial Expression DatasetCreated by Japan’s Centre for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH), KaoKore is a...Continue reading →
Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System (JAANUS) Online DictionaryJAANUS is an open-access Japanese-to English dictionary of specialist...Continue reading →
Gion Festival Digital Museum 2020: The Past, Present and Future of the Gion FestivalThis resource combines a rich selection of...Continue reading →
Database of Folklore IllustrationsProduced by Japan’s International Research Centre for Japanese Studies (also known as...Continue reading →
The Clough Collection of Kuchi-e (Frontispiece Prints)The National Library of Australia holds a fully digitised collection of...Continue reading →
Oxford Corpus of Old JapaneseThis website features digitised versions of a small number of classical Japanese texts, including...Continue reading →
Japanese Text InitiativeHosted by the University of Virginia Library, this project makes a wide range of poetry, prose and...Continue reading →
Kuzushiji DatabaseCreated by Japan’s Centre for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH), this database allows users to see how...Continue reading →
Kuronet Character Recognition PlatformCreated by researchers at Japan’s Centre for Open Data in the Humanities (CODH), KuroNet helps users to...Continue reading →
KuLA (Kuzushiji Learning App)KuLA (Kuzushiji Learning App) is a free educational tool for tablets and mobile phones which helps users learn to...Continue reading →
Hentaigana AppThis free app is designed to help users learn to read hentaigana, a classical precursor of hiragana which is now...Continue reading →
Bodies and Structures 1.0: Deep-Mapping Modern East Asian HistoryBodies and Structures is a digital humanities project by Japan scholars...Continue reading →
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Japanese Collection (Open-Access Images)The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has made high-resolution images of...Continue reading →
Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598Aftermath is a digital humanities research project run by the...Continue reading →
‘Aozora Bunko’ Open-Access Digital LibraryAozora Bunko is a digital repository with an expansive collection of Japanese...Continue reading →
‘Bungo Search’ Reading Time Digital Search PlatformBungo Search is a platform that allows users to search the collection of Aozora Bunko in terms of...Continue reading →
Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL)The Australian Network for Japanese Law is an inter-university initiative to...Continue reading →
Directory of Japanese Arts and Culture in Australia (JAD)The Directory of Japanese Art and Culture in Australia is an initiative of The Japan Foundation, Sydney which seeks to...Continue reading →
‘Cowra Voices’ Audio-Visual Storytelling AppThe Cowra Voices app is the result of a project to share the history of Cowra, one of the...Continue reading →
Cowra Japanese War Cemetery Online DatabaseCowra Japanese War Cemetery Online Database is a bilingual open-access resource that...Continue reading →
Asian Australian Studies Research Network (AASRN)The Asian Australian Studies Research Network is comprised of experts from...Continue reading →
Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA)The Asian Studies Association of Australia is the peak body for Australia-based...Continue reading →
Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA)The Japanese Studies Association of Australia is the peak body for...Continue reading →
Nikkei AustraliaNikkei Australia is a membership organisation promoting research, community, arts and...Continue reading →
Chusei Monjo Mediaeval Manuscript DatabaseThe National Museum of Japanese History has released Chusei Monjo, a new database of...Continue reading →