Electronic publications
[Japan]
[Digital library from Meiji Era] = ‹ß‘ãƒfƒWƒ^ƒ‹ƒ‰ƒCƒuƒ‰ƒŠ[ (Kindai dejitaru)
30,000 titles published during Meji Era held by the National Diet Library can be read on the screen. Free software NDL view ActuveX.exe must be downloaded for viewing.
[Rare books image database] = ‹Md‘ŒŸõ (Kichosho kensaku)
31,000 images of Wakansho and Nishikie held by the National Diet Library.
History
Held by Tokyo Daigaku Shiryo Hensanjo Databases. Consists of Dai Nihon Komonjo, Dai Nihon Kokiroku, Heian Ibun, and Narajidai Komonjo with search engine.
Social Sciences
Created by Ohara Instutute for Social Research, Hosei University. Provides full text collections: Shakai seisaku, shakai fukushi hen, Shakaigaku, shakai mondai hen, Jenda hen
Literature
Haikai Database (English) (Japanese)
Available from the Nichibunken Databases. Contains the major haiku collections, including Basho and Buson.
Renga Database (English) (Japanese)
Available from the Nichibunken Databases. Contains all renga collections, composed before the Eiroku era (up to the death of renga poet Soyo) and the major works until the Bakumatsu period.
Waka Database (English) (Japanese)
Available from the Nichibunken Databases. Contains all twenty-one Imperial anthologies, the Manyoshu, Hubokuwakashu and other major individual waka collections.
Full texts of classical Japanese literature in Japanese characters. Contains Manyoshu, Genji monogatari, Kabuki plays, Dazaifs fictions and many more. Some works are accompanied by Romanized text. The primary audience is English-speaking scholars and students. Created by the University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library.
Political Science
Full text of Japanese white papers, annual reports and other official papers from Japanese governmental agencies. English translations are available for some titles.
Religious studies
Research on Shinto. Access to digitized Japanese originals of Shinto texts written during the last 1300 years, as well as digitized later editions commentaries, and/or translations (SHINTO TEXTS); Digitized research tools: Shinto dictionary, Shinto glossary, Shinto atlas, and Shinto bibliographic guide (RESEARCH TOOLS) and more. A joint project by the University of California and Kokugakuin University.
[Korea]
Film studies
Korean Film Observatory (periodical) and Korean Cinema (annual report) are available in FTP format.
