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East & Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
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History of Japan
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History (General) Prehistory & Early History Medieval History
Early Modern History (Tokugawa Period) Modern History (1868-1945) The Pacific War & the A-Bomb
  Postwar History  
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History (General)
Content-Rich Bibliography of Japanese History up to 1912 Topically organized bibligraphy compiled by Peter Kornicki, University of Cambridge
Bibliography on Japanese Cultural Nationalism (pmjs) Compiled by by Morgan Pitelka with input from members of the pmjs list
Currency Museum History of Japanese currency with illustrations, abstracts of research papers, & FAQ
The Emperor System & Japan's Royal Family A brief explanation with a list of emperors & their reigns, & related links
Historical Text Archive: Links : Asia: Japan ""high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links [on Japan] screened for content"
History 138 East Asian Civilization: Japan Gerald Figal's course on Japanese civilization at the University of Delaware
History of Japan Part of Richard Stockton College's Global History Consortium: history & culture of Japan from ancient times to the present
History of Japanese Currencies An illustrated history from the Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan
Horses (in Japanese) History of horses with images & biographical capsules of famous horsemen & samurai from the 12th to the 20th century; English test version
Content-Rich Japanese Archaeology Charles T. Keally of Sophia University's introduction to Japanese archaelogy & prehistory with bibliography & detailed information on specific periods, reports & research projects, & news
Content-Rich Japanese Historical Maps Viewable selection of 2,300 early maps of Japan and the World in the collection of the East Asian Library, UC Berkeley
Content-Rich Japanese Historical Text Initiative (in English & Japanese) "Digitized originals of Japanese historical texts written during the last 1300 years, together with additional editions, commentaries, and translations"; dictionaries, atlases, glossaries, and bibliographies; Japanese historical studies; links
Japanese History Japan Travel and Living Guide's presentation of general historical facts, organized by period & topic, with links & historic photo exhibitions
Japanese History: A Series of Illustrated Lectures Lee Makela's lectures using " visual materials...to enhance the historical experience"
Japanese Values & Encounters with External Influences Essay by Michiko Y. Aoki in Harvard Asia Quarterly (Autumn 2000)
Musashi: Japanese History Documentation Project Chris Spackman's ongoing project: Encyclopedia of Japanese History; introduction to Japanese history; bibliography in Bibtex format
National Museum of Japanese History (in Japanese & English) "the only museum of Japanese history in Japan which supports systematic research and exhibitions of Japanese history and culture": exhibitions; guide to facilities; Internet gallery; monthly magazine; chronology
Soramitsu : History & Geography of Nara, Japan A Nara Women's University project: essays illustrated with aerial photos & images, & indexed by satellite image map & by period from perhistoric to modern times
NewContent-Rich Wolfgang Michel-Zaitsu: Portal Page (in English, German & Japanese) Extensive resources on the history of Euro-Asian cultural exchange, medical history of Japan, old maps of Japan, Dutch Studies, & other topics from a professor at Kyushu University: publications; databases; bibliographies; research resources
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Prehistory & Early History
Content-Rich Asuka Historical Museum A virtual museum of the art, culture & religion of the Asuka region from prehistory to the Asuka period before the transfer of the capital to Heijo (Nara) in 710
Japanese Roots Jared Diamond's article on the origins of the Japanese people
Content-Rich Liza Crihfield Dalby Supplementing Dalby's works on Japanese history & culture: The Tale of Murasaki, novel about the author of The Tale of Genji, with biographical sketches of historical & invented characters & brief essays on "Various aspects of life & culture in eleventh-century Japan"; also Geisha, Kimono, & her current work
Niigata Prefectural Museum A museum focusing on the anthropology, archaeology, & history of Niigata Prefecture, with special attention to the Jomon era
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Medieval History
A Battle for Minds: Regulating Buddhism in Sixteenth-Century Japan Ronald K. Frank's paper on church-state relations in the Warring States period (Asia Pacific: Perspectives, Dec. 2004; PDF format)
A Book of Five Rings Miyamoto Musashi's classic on military arts & strategy, translated with an introduction by Victor Harris
The Castles of Japan A Thinkquest Library entry: history; feudal society; defenses; design; tour of main types of castles; simulation of attack scenarios
Cobweb Castle Gallery of individual samurai; samurai tour (castles, statues, graves, temples, shrines, etc.); samurai links
Odawara's USAGITEI in Japan (in Japanese & English) Community page of a castletown, with much detail on feudal armor
The Truth about Samurai: It’s Unlikely Tom Cruise’s Film Will Get it Right, Says Bowdoin Professor Thomas Conlan demythologizing the samurai, based on his research findings on warfare in 14th century Japan
Samurai Archives Essays on famous samurai, samurai culture, miltitary rulers, emperors & empresses, & famous women; maps; battles; the Sengoku period; banners & crests; glossary; chronology, etc.
Scrolls of the Mongol Invasions of Japan Different versions of scrolls commissioned by Takezaki Suenaga to recount his actions in fighting against the Mongol invasions in 1274 & 1281, including the original & reconstructed 21st century versions: guide by Tom Conlan, Bowdoin College; glossary & resources
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Early Modern History (Tokugawa Period 1600-1868)
Content-Rich Black Ships & Samurai Project of John W. Dower & Shigeru Miyagawa of MIT on the 1853-1854 Perry mission to Japan: core exhibit of 200 Japanese and American graphics; interactive Black Ship Scroll; visual narratives; traveling exhibition
Chshingura in the 1980s: Rethinking the Story of the 47 Ronin A paper on "the most widely known and frequently re-presented story in Japan," by Henry Smith II of Columbia University (revised. 2003)
Content-Rich Edo Japan, A Virtual Tour Linear tour of Edo with many images & textual descriptions
The Fireworks of Edo Jilly Traganou's essay on the transition from the castle-town Edo to the modern capital Tokyo in Architronic (v. 6, no. 1, May 1997)
Historical Demography and Family in Early Modern Japan Bibliography of English-language scholarship since 1960, compiled by Satomi Kurosu for the Early Modern Japan Network
Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire Companion site to PBS program on Tokugawa Japan: meet the people of Edo; on the Tokaido road; timeline; resources
John Manjiro Page Fairhaven/New Bedford--Tosashimizu Sister City Committee's site dedicated to the first Japanese to come to & live in the U.S.: includes bibliography
The Kirishtan Holocaust Web site commemorating the martyrdom of Japanese Christians from 1597 on
Nakasendo Highway: A Journey to the Heart of Japan "a fictional trip through Japan on the Nakasendo highway which stretches from Kyoto to Tokyo & flourished during the Edo Period": "some 225 articles ... nearly 200 glossary items ... & over 300 photographs, maps & illustrations"
Red-Haired Barbarians: The Dutch and other foreigners in Nagasaki and Yokohama 1800 - 1865 "digital exhibition of a collection of 40 Japanese woodblock prints ... [documenting] a unique episode in Dutch trading history, and represent[ing] an early period in the art of the Japanese woodcut"
Ridgeback Press: Historical biography from the final years of the samurai Publisher specializing in biographies of Meiji Restoration leaders, with biographical essays, terminology & centers of the Restoration, & links posted online
The Tokaido—Scenes from Edo to Meiji Eras Jilly Traganou's paper in Japan Railway & Transport Review No. 13 (Sept. 1997)
Tokugawa Japan Part of Richard Hooker's World Cultures, an Internet classroom & anthology
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Modern History (1868-1945)
An American Visit to Japan, 1923 "diary kept by [Charles Blauvelt's] grandfather ... an idyllic travelogue culminating in the cataclysmic Tokyo Earthquake & Fire"
Anglo-Japanese Naval Cooperation, 19141918 Timothy D. Saxon's essay in The Naval War College Review (Winter 2000)
Australia-Japan Research Project Database of historical materials & essays on the Australia-Japan relationship 1901-1957
Company Histories (Shashi) A bibliography of University of Hawaii's collection of company histories & histories of organizations including colleges & universities, unions, & trade associations
Dentsu Advertising Museum (in Japanese & English) "selected advertising artifacts & works of art" from the Edo period to the early 20th century
Hirohito & Imperial Japan Part of the "Death of the Father: An Anthropology of Closure in Political Authority" Web site
Historical Statistics Internet GIS (in Japanese) GIS data for the Meiji, Taisho and Showa eras generated from official statistics by Murayama Yuji of Tsukuba University
NewHow True to History is Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai? Analysis by Jonathan Dresner, University of Hawai'i at Hilo
Content-Rich Japanese Old Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period Nagasaki University Library's searchable database of over 5,400 hand-colored photos taken during the period 1860-1899
Japanese Prints From Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress): 19th century Japanese culture & society & images of Westerners
Japanese Railway History Index of articles in Japan Railway & Transport Review
Marie C. Stopes: A Journal From Japan, a Daily Record of Life As Seen By a Scientist Excerpts from 1910 publication digitized by Womens Travel Writing, 1830-1930: Womens Studies Digitalization Project
Content-Rich Nippon in the World (in Japanese & English) From the National Diet Library: Scenic Momentos of Japan -- digitized images from the 17th to early 20th century; Vienna International Exposition of 1873 -- the first exposition with official Japanese government participation; Modern Japanese Political History Materials -- digitized documents classified by period or theme
Content-Rich Ohara Institute for Social Research Poster Exhibition An online exhibition of 2600 prewar political & government posters
Pink Collar Work: The Café Waitress in Early Twentieth Century Japan Elise K. Tipton's paper in Intersections (Issue 7, March 2002)
The Treaty of Portsmouth Official site for the 100th Anniversary of the Treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War: history; peace treaty forums providing American, Japanese & Russian perspectives; multitrack diplomacy; events & projects
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Postwar History
The Confusion Era: Art & Culture of Japan During the Allied Occupation, 1945-1952 Foreward & chapter on "Don't Sell Salt Illegally: Posters in Occupied Japan" from book of same title -- with poster gallery
"For Good or for Evil": Australia, Labour Reform and the Military Occupation of Japan Christine de Matos on Australian participation in the military occupation of Japan (Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia in Canberra, 2004; PDF format)
The Gordon W. Prange Collection Guides to the "the most comprehensive collection of Japanese-language materials dating from the Allied Occupation of Japan," held at the University of Maryland
Images of Japanese Labor & Social Movement in the Post-1945 Japan 240 of Ohara Institute for Social Research's 1,400 poster collection in the "slide show format," classified by the names of confederations & by industries
Japan 1948-1951: Photography & Social Research during the Allied Occupation "Photographs taken by anthropologist John W. Bennett in occupied Japan ... with comments on the photos by Bennett ... extensive selections from Bennett's professional journal of the period, and other documents"
Okinawa: The American Years, 1945-1972 Biographical essays, chronology, photos, annotated bibliographies, & related sites
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