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| Country Profiles | Links, Portals | Organizations | Accounts of History | Politics | Military History | Economic History |
| Social History | Ethnography | History of Religion | Regional History | Local History | Institutions | Culture |
| Biography | Others |
| D o c u m e n t s |
| Historical Data | Documents | Institutions | National Symbols |
| P r i n t e d . R e f e r e n c e |
| Bibliographies | Online Libraries | Online Journals | General Accounts | Specific Topics | Historical Dictionaries | Others |
| DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
| Country Profiles | Current |
from BBC News,
from World Desk Reference,
from Nations Encyclopedia,
from Index Mundi;
from CIA World Factbook, click Japan;
from Wikipedia Library of Congress, Country Studies : Japan |
| Historical |
T. Watts, Japan and the Japanese, 1852, GB L. Hearn, Japan : an attempt at interpretation 1924, GB H.J.J.M. van Straelen, Modern Japan, n.d., GB R.K. Beardsley, Field Guide to Japan, 1959, GB |
| Links | General |
from Library of Congress, Portals to the World,
from BUBL;
from dmoz;
from Japanesen Studies Internet Resources at Richard C.
Rudolph East Asian Library, UCLA;
Links on Japan (chapter on J. History) from
Univ. Oregon, Asian Studies;
List of Japan-related topics, from Wikipedia JGuide, Virtual Library for Japan, maintained at Stanford Asia Portal : Japan |
| on History |
from JGuide from Virtual Library Labour History; from Virtual Library Economic and Business History; from Japanese Studies Internet Resources; from Univ. Oregon, Asian Studies Category History of Japan, from Wikipedia Search Japan Links for History |
| Organizations |
Asiatic Society of Japan Japan Oral History Association Business History Society of Japan Japan Art History Society Japan Legal History Association The First Meeting of The Japan-China Joint History Research Committee (2006), from MOFA Japan; Shoji Jun'ichiro, Briefing Memo. Outlook for the Japan-China Joint History Research Committee, 2008 Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform (nationalist), introduction from Constitutional Revision in Japan Research Project at Harvard Univ. Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact; nationalist |
| Historical Dictionaries |
Encyclopedia of Nikkei Migration, from
Discover Nikkei |
| Timelines |
from www.timelines.ws : to 1940 ,
1941-1979,
1980-2000,
2001-;
from BBC News Chronologie Japon, from Clio, in French Japan, from World Timelines |
| Accounts of History | Japanese Perspective |
from Japan Guide H. Saito, A History of Japan, n.d., GB |
| other Perspective, Modern | Article History of Japan, from Wikipedia; |
| other Perspective, Historical |
E. Kaempfer, Histoire naturelle, civile, et ecclesiastique de l'empire du Japon
vol.1 1729,
vol.2 1729, in French, GB P.F.X. de Charlevoix, Histoire et description generale du Japon, vol.1 1736, vol.2 1736, in French, GB J.E.R. Kaeuffer, Geschichte von Ost-Asien, 1860, in German, GB |
| Specific Periods |
Japan in World War II, from World War II Multimedia Database Articles : Japanese Paleolithic 35000-14000 BC, Jomon Period 14000-300 BC, Yayoi Period 300 BC-250 AD, Kofun Period 250-538, Asuka Period 538-710, Nara Period 710-794, Heian Period 794-1185, Kamakura Period 1185-1333, Kenmu Restoration 1333-1336, Muromachi Period 1336-1573, Nanboku-Cho Period 1336-1392, Sengoku Period 1467-1573, Azuchi-Monoyama Period 1568-1603, Edo Period 1603-1868, Meiji Period 1868-1912, Taisho Period 1912-1926, Showa Period 1926-1989, Occupation of Japan 1945-1952, Post-Occupation Japan, Heisei Period 1989-, from Wikipedia |
| Historiography | Japanese Perspective |
Takashi Yoshida, Scholarly Review,
Historiography of the Asia-Pacific War in Japan (2008), from Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence |
| on Japanese Perspective |
Article : Japanese History Textbook Controversies,
from Wikipedia Margaret Mehl, The Right History ? Historical Scholarship and History Education in Japan , NIAS newsletter 2002 Jordan Sand, Historians and Public Memory in Japan: The "Comfort Women" Controversy 1999 article accessible through Questia Andre Schmid, Colonialism and the "Korea Problem" in the Historiography of Modern Japan : a Review Article 2000 article accessible through jstor David McNeill, Japan's History Wars and Popular Consciousness, Japan Focus |
| attempts of a multi-national East Asian Perspective |
Memory & Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific Japan-China Joint History Research Report, Modern and Contemporary History, vol.1, provisional translation, 2011, posted by MOFA Japan |
| other Perspective |
The American Historical Review : A Survey of Japanese Historiography April 1938,
accessible through jstor Dmitro Borisovich Pavlov, Russian Historiography of the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 : Main Periods, Ideas and Trends, 2004 Article : Historiography of the Nanking Massacre, from Wikipedia |
| Politics | Links |
Political Resources on the Net : Japan;
Governments on the WWW : Japan Category : Politics of Japan, from Wikipedia |
| General |
For the Record 2000 : Japan;
Article Politics of Japan, from Wikipedia |
| Foreign Relations |
Article Foreign Relations of Japan, from Wikipedia Liang Chin-chao, Inside Story of a Japanese Peace Overture to China during the Second World War. A Personal Memoir, Chung Chi Journal 1974 F.C. Jones, Extraterritoriality in Japan 1853-1899 (1931), IA |
| Military |
Wars of Japan, from ACED Category Wars of Japan, from Wikipedia Orders, Decorations and Medals of Japan, from ODM Russo-Japanese War Research Society Samurai Archives S. Tyler, The Japan-Russia War, 1905, GB |
| Economy & Finances | General |
Article Economy of Japan, from Wikipedia National Labour Law Profile : Japan, from ILO Japan, from Technological Independence - The Asian Experience, by S. Chamarik and S. Goonatilake Global Integrity : Japan 2004, Japan 2007 Enterprise Japan, from Economy Point Search Company History, Funding Universe : Company Histories for Japan Tsikougo No Kami Sama Arraï (1708), Fookoua Siriak ou traité sur l'origine des richesses au Japon , trsl. into French by J. von Klaproth, 1828, GB |
| Economic History |
The Economic History and the Economy of Japan, by Thayer Watkins Fukao, Ma & Yuan, Real GDP in Pre-War East Asia : A 1934-1936 Benchmark Purchasing Power Parity Comparison with the U.S., IEHC 2006 Mary Louise Nagata, Family Firms in Nineteenth Century Kyoto, IEHC 2006 Silvio Miyazaki, The Historical Evolution of the Japanese Investment Flows to East Asia pre World War II, IEHC 2006 Osamu Saito, By-Employment in Changing Occupational Structures : Japan 1840-1920, IEHC 2006 Katsura, Yoshio. The Role of One Sogoshosha in Japanese Industrialization: Suzuki & Co., 1877-1927. Proceedings of the Business History Conference (1974), 2d ser., 3 (Indiana University, 1975): 32-61. Kawabe, Nobuo. The Development of Distribution Systems in Japan before World War II. Business and Economic History, 2d ser., 18 (1989): 33-44. Miyajima, Hideaki. Japanese Industrial Policy during the Interwar Period: Strategies for International and Domestic Development. Business and Economic History, 2d ser., 21 (1992): 270-79. Roh, Sung-Joon. Evolution of "Partnership Rationality" in Japan : The Logic of Collaboration between Rival Firms. Business and Economic History 22, no. 1 (Fall 1993): 138-50. Tsutsui, William M. Rethinking the Paternalist Paradigm in Japanese Industrial Management. Business and Economic History 26, no. 2 (Winter 1997): 561-72. Watanabe, Kishichi. The Business Ideology of Benjamin Franklin and Japanese Values of the 18th Century. Business and Economic History, 2d ser., 17 (1988): 79-90. Yuko Harayama, Japanese Technology Policy : History and a New Perspective, 2001 Yasuoka, Shigeaki. The Social Background of Zaibatsu in Japan. Business and Economic History, 2d ser., 6 (1977): 84-90. Yui, Tsunehiko. Development, Organization, and International Competitiveness of Industrial Enterprises in Japan, 1880-1915. Business and Economic History, 2d ser., 17 (1988): 31-48. |
| Institutions |
Article Tokyo Stock Exchange, from Wikipedia |
| Currency, Finances |
A Global History of Currencies : Japan Article Japanese Yen, from Wikipedia Search Asian Development Bank (ADB) Publications for Japan Mason, Mark. Foreign Direct Investment and Japanese Economic Development, 1899-1931. Business and Economic History, 2d ser., 16 (1987): 93-107. Yamamura, Kozo. Financing of Meiji Industrial Firms, 1868-1912: A Preliminary Report. Papers of the 15th Annual Meeting of the Business History Conference (Indiana University, 1968), 35-41. |
| Trade |
W.F. Mayers, The treaty ports of China and Japan, 1867, GB Forsberg, Aaron. The Politics of GATT Expansion: Japanese Accession and the Domestic Political Context in Japan and the United States, 1948-1955. Business and Economic History 27, no. 1 (Fall 1998): 185-95. Jones, Geoffrey. Diversification Strategies and Corporate Governance in Trading Companies: Anglo-Japanese Comparisons since the Late Nineteenth Century. Business and Economic History 25, no. 2 (Winter 1996): 103-18. Entry : Japan Earth, in : N. Cox, K. Dannehl, Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities, 1550-1820 2007, posted by British History Online Copper from Japan, Japan Ware listed among goods imported, p.102 in J. Browne, J. Swift, A collection of tracts, concerning the present state of Ireland, 1729, GB G.F. Meylan, Geschichte des Handels der Europäer in Japan, 1861, in German, GB |
| Mining Industry, Petrol |
Donald Smith, Selected English-Language Works on Japanese Coal Mining Company History, Mitsui Mining Company |
| Steel, Metal Industry |
The History and Use of Tin in the Far East, from Japan Visitor |
| Car Industry |
Smitka, Michael J., The Invisible Handshake: The Development of the Japanese Automotive Parts Industry.
Business and Economic History,
2d ser., 19 (1990): 163-71. |
| Chemical Industry |
History of Bayer in Japan |
| Textile Industry |
Textile Workers in Japan, 1650-2000 (draft paper), by Janet Hunter & Helen MacNaughtan Tomoko Hashino, Okamisan's Role in Family Business : the Importance of Owner's Wife on Management Strategy in Modern Weaving Industry, IEHC 2006 |
| Agriculture |
Osamu Saito, Forest History and the Great Divergence :
China, Japan and the West |
| Social History |
P.F. von Siebold, Manners and customs of the Japanese in the nineteenth century
1855, GB Alcohol and Drugs History Society : Japan Japan - History of the Third Sector, Japan : History of Philanthropy, from Philanthropy and the Third Sector in Asia and the Pacific Crime and Society : A Comparative Criminology Tour of the World : Japan |
| Ethnography |
Languages of Japan, from Ethnologue Country Report : Japan, from U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (Reports 1997-2004) Migration Information Source : Japan World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Japan Article : Evacuation of Karafuto and the Kuriles, from Wikipedia |
| Religion |
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Japan, from Kirken i Norge Category Religion in Japan, from Wikipedia Japan, from International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project East Asian Religions, from Overview of World Religions Ordo Fratrum Minorum, scroll down for Iaponia History of Japanese Buddhism, from View on Buddhism R.S.P. Allier, Le protestantisme au Japon (1859-1907), 1908, in French, IA C.M. Caddell, A history of the missions in Japan and Paraguay, 1856, GB |
| History of Regions | General |
Prefectures of Japan,
Counties of Japan, from www.statoids.com |
| Acquired Territories | Hokkaido |
Article : Hokkaido : History, from Wikipedia |
| Ryukyu Islands |
Article : History of Ryukyu Islands, from Wikipedia |
| Temporarily Acquired Territories | Kuril Islands |
Article : Kuril Islands : Human settlement history, from Wikipedia |
| Karafuto |
Article : Karafuto Prefecture, from Wikipedia |
| Predecessor States |
Article : Ryukyu Kingdom, from Wikipedia |
| Local History |
History of Tokyo, from Wikipedia History of Yokohama, from Wikipedia History of Kyoto, from Wikipedia History of Osaka, from Wikipedia History of Hiroshima, from Wikipedia History of Nagasaki, from Wikipedia |
| Structures, Institutions |
Article Japanese National Railways, from Wikipedia;
Brief History of Japanese Railways, from Japan Rail Television in Japan, from Kato Hidetoshi's Database History of NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute History of Waseda University Japan, from Airline History Structurae : Japan; Search Lighthouse Depot for Japan History of Japanese Roads, from Road Bureau Website |
| Culture & Science |
Cultural Profile Japan, from Cultural Profiles Japanese Archive, from Reconstructing History (essays on clothing, textile history) Article Japan at the Olympics, Category Sport in Japan, from Wikipedia |
| Biographies |
List of Japanese People, from Wikipedia Life in Banjarmasin, in : Mogotaro. An Eighteenth Century Japanese Sailor's Record of Insular Southeast Asia, by Nomura Toru, Sari 27 (2009) pp.45-66 |
| Others |
Japan, from UK Food Online, a culinary history of Japan Disaster History by Country : Japan, from Relief Web; Category Disasters in Japan, from Wikipedia Palearctic Ecoregion, from WWF Thomas A. Stanley, A Japanese Anarchist's Rejection of Marxism-Leninism : Osugi Sakae and the Russian Revolution, Selected Papers in Asian Studies 1978 Katsunori Kadokura, The History of Japanese Mechanical Calculating Machines Japan, fromThe Cambridge World History of Food History of Japanese Space Research, ISAS US Army Corps of Engineers, Manhattan District, The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1996), posted online by Gutenberg Library Online |
| DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
| Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon);
from Rulers (B. Schemmel);
from World Rulers (E. Schulz) |
| Lists of Ambassadors |
Article : Ambassade de France au Japon, from Wikipedia French edition;
Sveriges beskickningschef i Tokyo, from Wikipedia Swedish edition;
U.S. Ambassadors to Japan, from NNDB;
List of Canadian Ambassadors to Japan, from Wikipedia;
Chinese Ambassadors to Japan, from PRC MOFA;
Liste der Botschafter des eutschen Reiches in Japan,
Liste der Botschafter der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Japan,
from Wikipedia German edition; Embajadores de Mexico en Japon, from Acervo Historico Diplomatico |
| Lists of Consuls |
U.S. consular officials in Japan, from Political Graveyard |
| Population Figures |
Japan, from Population Statistics Population of Cities : Japan, from City Population Historical Abortion Statistics, Japan, from Johnston's Archive |
| Exchange Rates |
Historical Exchange Rates, from Oanda, since 1990 Federal Reserve (U.S.) : Foreign Exchange Rates, Historic The Marteau Early 18th-Century Currency Converter |
| Election Results |
from Psephos, since 2000;
from IFES Election Guide, since 1998;
from Elections and Electoral Systems from Electoral Geography 2.0 |
| Documents | Historical Newspapers |
Asian Journals : The Anglo-Japanese Gazette 1902-1909, reels distributed by
Adam Matthew Publications |
| Modern Newspapers |
links from Online Newspapers,
from World Newspapers |
| Historical Yearbook Entries |
| Newsreels |
| Image Databanks |
Japan, from Images of Asia License Plates, from License Plates of the World, from Francoplaque passport, from World Passports Historic Picture Postcards, from Postcardman, commercial site Airline Timetable Images : Japan |
| Constitutions, Laws |
Verfassungen des Kaiserreichs Japan (Constitutions of the Japanese Empire), from verfassungen.de, in German |
| Treaty Collections | Pertaining to Japan |
Japan, pp.351-469 in vol.9 of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the
United States of America 1776-1949, 1972, GB Treaties and Conventions Between the Empire of Japan and Other Powers (1899), IA North China Herald, Treaties, &c., Great Britain, France, America, Russia, the Netherlands & Portugal: with China & Japan, 1861, GB |
| Consular Reports |
Correspondence respecting Affairs in Japan pp.1-108 in
Accounts and papers of the House of Commons 1863, GB Japan. Hakodadi, pp.139-171 in vol.2 of Reports from Her Majesty's consuls on the manufactures, commerce, &c. of their consular districts, 1864, GB Commercial Reports by Her Majesty's Consuls in Japan, 1865, GB |
| Document Collections |
Links, from UWashington Library Documents : Japan, from CEAS, from UCLA Center for East Asian Studies The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, from Atomic Archive Internet East Asian History Sourcebook |
| Individual Documents |
Foreign Office (British) : Peace Handbooks (1919-1920), IA; v. 12. China, Japan, Siam, no. 67-74 Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the Summer Olympics Tokyo 1940, posted by LA 84 Foundation; Official Reports of Summer Olympics, posted by LA 84 Foundation, click for Tokyo 1964 Pt.1, 2 Handelsberichte der kaufmännischen Begleiter der Ostindischen Expedition (Mercantile Reports by Traders Accompanying the Prussian East Asian Expedition), Berlin : Königliche Geheime Ober-Druckerei 1861, in German, posted by DTBSWS : Fr. Wolff : Japan, pp.75-80 Correspondence regarding the negotiations between Japan and Russia (1903-1904) Presented to the Imperial diet, March, 1904, posted on Internet Archive Z. Nuttall (ed.), The earliest historical relations between Mexico and Japan : from original documents preserved in Spain and Japan (1906), posted on Internet Archive |
| Historical Maps |
Japan Maps, from PCL, UTexas Atlas of Japan, from Wikimedia Commons |
|
Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
General |
| Religious |
The state of Christianity in Japan, pp.228-233 in vol.4 of J.L. Mosheim,
An ecclesiastical history: antient and modern, from the birth of Christ, to the beginning of the present century, trasl. from Latin into English by
A. MacLaine, 1768, GB |
| Economic |
Le Japon, pp.137-138, in vol.2 of S. Ricard, Traite general du commerce,
1781, in French, GB Japan, pp.8-9 in vol.3 of J. Montefiore, A commercial dictionary, 1804, GB Gülich, Gustav von, Geschichtliche Darstellung des Handels, der Gewerbe und des Ackerbaus der bedeutenden handeltreibenden Staaten unserer Zeit (Historical Description of Trade, Industry and Agriculture of the Important Trading States of Our Time), Jena : Frommann 6 vol.s 1830-1845, chapter : Ostindien, China und Japan, vol.2 1830 pp.3-29, Japan vol.4 1844 pp.252-254, posted by DTBSWS J. Chr. Nelkenbrecher, Allgemeines Taschenbuch der Münz-, Maass- und Gewichtskunde für Banquiers und Kaufleute (General Manual on Coinage, Measurement and Weights, for Bankers and Merchants) Berlin 1832, in German, entries Japan, posted by DTBSWS Ch. Pope, The yearly journal of trade, 1837-8 : comprising laws of customs and excise, treaties and conventions with foreign powers, tariffs of United Kingdom, Russia, Monte Video ... parliamentary speeches and papers, proclamations, orders in Council and of government boards, reports of law cases, translations of foreign documents (1838), posted on Internet Archive, on the Japanese Islands p.292 Ottomar Haupt, Währungs-Politik und Münz-Statistik, Berlin : Walther & Apolant 1884, in German, posted by DTBSWS, chapter Japan E.G. Balfour, The cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, commercial, industrial, and scientific; products of the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms, useful arts and manufactures (1885), vol.1, vol.2, vol.3, posted on Internet Archive; search for Japan Article : Japanische Eisenbahnen, from Röll, Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens (Encyclopedia of Railroads) 2nd ed. 1912-1923, in German |
| Political |
L'Empereur du Japon, pp.161-174
in : Ferdinand Ludwig Bresler, Les souverains du monde, 1722, in French, GB The Japan Islands, pp.4-25 in vol.8 of T.G. Smollett, The present state of all nations, 1769, GB |
| Geographical |
Estat du Japon, pp.695-714 in P. d'Avity, Le Monde,
ou la Description generale de ses quatre parties, 1643, in French, GB Isles du Japon, pp.89-107 in vol.4 of J.J. Vaissete, Geographie historique, ecclesiastique et civile, 1755, in French, GB The Japan Islands, pp.194-197 in vol.2 of T.E. Jones, A new and universal geographical grammar, 1772, GB Japan, pp.116-133 in J. Pinkerton et al., Modern Geography 1804, GB Japanese Islands, pp.506-548 in vol.2 of C. Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, 1824, GB The Empire of Japan, pp.386-387 in A. Harris, A geographical hand book, 1862, GB |
| Ethnological |
Empire Japonais, pp.370-373 in X. Heuschling, Manual de statistique
ethnographique universelle, 1847, in French, GB The Japanese pp.165-172 in A.H. Keane, The World's Peoples: A Popular Account of Their Bodily & Mental Characters , 1908, GB |
| Historical |
The Present State of Japan, pp.41-47 in vol.1 of T. Salmon, Modern history or the present state of all nations 1744, GB The Empire of Japan, pp.x-168 in vol.9 of The modern part of an universal history, 1759, GB Japon, pp.612-639 in vol.5 of L.P. Anquetil, Precis de l'Histoire Universelle ou Tableau historique presentant les vicissitudes des Nations ... , 1799, in French, GB The History of Japan and Jedso, pp.8-30 in vol.12 of W.F. Mavor, Universal history, ancient and modern, 1804, GB Japan, pp.99-103, Jedso p.103 in J. Robinson, Modern history, for the use of schools, 1807, GB Japan, or Siphon, pp.338-364 in D. Fraser, A compendium of the history of all nations , 1809, GB Japan, p.411 in vol.2 of J.A. Remer, Handbuch der neuern Geschichte von der Kirchenverbesserung bis auf den Aachener Kongress im Jahre 1818, 1824, in German, GB Japan pp.379-382, in vol.2 of S. Maunder, The history of the world: comprising a general history, 1856, GB Japan pp.281-291 in J. MacFarlane, Economic geography, c. 1910, GB |
| Parliamentary Debates |
| Tour Guides |
| Travelogues |
Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadrton to the China Seas and Japan performed in the years 1852, 1853 and 1854 under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, U.S. Navy
vol.2, 1856, GB |
| Residence Memoirs |
V.M. Golovnin, Memoirs of a captivity in Japan: during the years 1811, 1812 and 1813
, 1824, GB R.N. Jephson, E.P. Elmhirst, Our life in Japan 1869, GB |
| Exhibition Catalogues |
| Institutions | Archives |
Modern Japan Archives The Diplomatic Record Office, from MOFA Repositories of Primary Sources : Asia : Japan, from Univ. of Idaho. Mostly Archive Webpages, 6 entries National Archive of Japan Digital Archive |
| Musea |
National Museum of Japanese History |
| Monuments |
Tentative List : Japan,
World Heritage List, scroll down for Japan; from UNESCO World Heritage Japan Index, from Showcaves, includes historic mines; Japan, from Mining History Network |
| Libraries |
Libraries in Japan, from LibDex, 282 entries |
| National Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag, from FOTW;
Imperial Seal of Arms, from Wikipedia,
National Anthem, from National Anthems.Net |
| Coins, Banknotes |
from World Currency Gallery,
Ron Wise's World Paper Money Japanese Coins, from Zeno Digital Library Numis : East Asia, Japan |
| Stamps |
Rare Japanese Stamps,
from Sandafayre Stamps Library |
| PRINTED REFERENCES |
| Bibliographies | general |
Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde
(Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keyword Japan (site in German, most titles listed in English;
hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970) RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library ISBN Database |
| on Japan |
Donald Smith, Selected English-Language Works on Japanese Coal Mining Matthew C. Perry and the Opening of Japan: A Select Bibliography, from Navy Department Library Food and Culture (a bibliography), by R.T. Dirks, click on East Asia Books on Genocide and Related Topics in Japanese, from Prevent Genocide Japanese Journal on Religious Studies, cumulative index Peter Kornicki, Bibliography of Japanese History up to 1912 History of Medicine in Japan. Publications in Western Languages, from Japan Society of Medical History |
| Online Libraries | general |
Google Books;
Internet Archives;
Gutenberg Library Online;
HathiTrust;
e-corpus Swiss Electronic Library; Gallica International Boundary Studies |
| on Japan |
| Online Journals | full text online |
East Asia Journals, from ELIN-NIAS;
Japan Journals, from ELIN-NIAS Search Parameters, US Army War College Quarterly 1971- for Japan B.C. Asian Review, clickable index Asian Perspectives, 2003- IIAS Newsletter, 1993-2003 Orientalia Parthenopea Journal 2005- , mostly in Italian Ritsumeikan Annual Review of International Studies, at bottom English language clickable ToCs for issues 2002- Asia Insights, from NIAS, 2002- |
|
Table of Contents Online |
| Historiography |
Article : Japanese Historiography - to 1900, by J.E. Ketelaar, pp.481-485,
Article : Japanese Historiography - Twentieth Century, by A.E. Barshay. pp.485-488, in vol.1 of A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, NY 1998 [G] |
| General Accounts |
Louis G. Perez, The History of Japan, Westport CT : Greenwood, KMLA Lib. Call Sign 952 P438h Engelbert Kaempfer, The History of Japan, London 1727, posted by Wolfgang Michel, Kyushu University |
| Specific Topics |
Akira Hara, Guns, Japan : Guns before Rice, in : Mark Harrison (ed.), The Economics of World War II, Cambridge : UP 1998 pp.224-267,
KMLA Lib. Call Sign 940.5314 H318e Mikiso Hane, Premodern Japan : A Historical Survey, Boulder : Westview 1991, KMLA Lib. Call Sign 952 H237p W.G. Beasley, Japan, pp.464-486 in F.H. Hinsley, The New Cambridge History, vol.XI : Material Progress and World-wide Problems 1870-1898, Cambridge : UP (1962) 1978 [G] George H. Kerr (ed.), Okinawa, the History of an Island People, Rutland VT : Charles E. Tuttle (1958) 2000, KMLA Lib. Call Sign 952.29 K41o Herbert P. Bix, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, NY : Harper Collins 2000, KMLA Lib. Call Sign 952.033 B624h |
| Historical Dictionaries |
E. Papinot, Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan, Rutland VT : Charles E. Tuttle (1910) 2000 [G] Janet E. Hunter, Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History, Berkeley : University of California Press 1984 [G] |
| Yearbooks | Britannica Book of the Year |
Article : Japan, 1913 pp.1054-1062, 1944 pp.373-375, 1945 pp.379-382, 1946 pp.413-417, 1947 pp.431-434, 1948 pp.417-419,
1949 pp.369-372, 1950 pp.391-393, 1951 pp.394-396, 1952 pp.389-391, 1953 pp.389-392, 1954 pp.389-391, 1955 pp.441-444, 1956 pp.378-381, 1957 pp.441-443, 1958 pp.378-381, 1959 pp.376-378, 1960 pp.370-372, 1961 pp.375-378, 1962 pp.369-371, 1963 pp.487-489, 1964 pp.474-476, 1965 pp.462-464, 1966 pp.435-437, 1967 pp.456-458, 1968 pp.458-460, 1969 pp.444-446, 1970 pp.446-448, 1971 pp.426-429, 1972 pp.393-399, 1973 pp.390-393, 1974 pp.393-396, 1975 pp.418-421, 1976 pp.446-448, 1977 pp.438-441, 1978 pp.472-475, 1979 pp.466-469, 1980 pp.469-472, 1981 pp.470-473, 1982 pp.469-472, 1983 pp.461-464, 1984 pp.463-466, 1985 pp.501-504, 712-714, 1986 pp.497-499, 709-711, 1987 pp.466-468, 677-679, 1988 pp.424-426, 629-631, 1989 pp.423-426, 630-632, 1990 pp.441-444, 645-647, 1991 pp.421-425, 630-632, 1992 pp.395-398, 629-631, 1993 pp.397-400, 637-639, 1994 pp.397-399, 638-640, 1995 pp.428-430, 638-640, 1996 pp.426-428, 638-640, 1997 pp.437-439, 636-638, 2002 pp.448-451, 641-643 [G] |
| Statesman's Yearbook |
Article : Japan, 1878 pp.702-709, 1895 pp.719-733, 1898 pp.716-731, 1901 pp.806-824, 1905 pp.869-891, 1910 pp.974-993,
1918 pp.1039-1056, 1919 pp.1015-1040, 1924 pp.1050-1077, 1925 pp.1058-1086, 1926 pp.1025-1052, 1928 pp.1055-1081, 1929 pp.1038-1064, 1932 pp.1054-1080, 1937 pp.1090-1116, 1943 pp.1048-1072, 1970-1971 pp.1091-1101, 1975-1976 pp.1086-1096, 1976-1977 pp.1092-1101, 1978-1979 pp.735-743, 1979-1980 pp.740-747, 1980-1981 pp.738-745, 1981-1982 pp.740-747, 1983-1984 pp.741-749, 1984-1985 pp.742-750, 1985-1986 pp.745-752, 1986-1987 pp.745-752, 1987-1988 pp.748-755, 1988-1989 pp.749-757, 1989-1990 pp.758-766, 1990-1991 pp.759-767, 1991-1992 pp.759-767, 1992-1993 pp.834-843, 1993-1994 pp.828-836, 1994-1995 pp.821-829, 1995-1996 pp.818-826, 1996-1997 pp.759-767, 1997-1998 pp.768-776, 1998-1999 pp.823-832, 2000 pp.943-953, 2001 pp.920-930, 2002 pp.957-967, 2003 pp.959-970, 2004 pp.964-975, 2005 pp.970-981, 2006 pp.967-979 [G] |
| Americana Annual |
Article : Japan, 1927 pp.466-470, 1928 pp.421-425, 1930 pp.417-420, 1931 pp.418-421, 1932 pp.380-385, 1933 pp.408-410, 1934 pp.318-320,
1935 pp.376-381, 1936 pp.384-388, 1937 pp.367-368, 1938 pp.354-357, 1939 pp.393-395, 1940 pp.407-409, 1943 pp.398-400, 1944 pp.367-370, 1945 pp.386-388, 1946 pp.391-399, 1947 pp.370-375, 1957 pp.416-420, 1961 pp.392-396, 1962 pp.397-401, 1963 pp.359-363, 1964 pp.355-359, 1965 pp.370-372, 1967 pp.379-382, 1968 pp.374-378, 1969 pp.379-384, 1970 pp.384-389, 1971 pp.379-383, 1972 pp.374-378, 1973 pp.378-382, 1974 pp.316-320, 1976 pp.317-321, 1988 pp.298-301, 1989 pp.300-303, 1990 pp.293-297, 1992 pp.301-305, 1993 pp.301-304, 1994 pp.298-302, 1998 pp.293-297, 2006 pp.219-220 [G] |
| International Year Book |
Article : Japan, in : International Year Book 1898 pp.447-450, 1899 pp.459-463, 1900 pp.501-507 [G] Article : Japan, in : New International Year Book 1907 pp.420-430, 1908 pp.377-384, 1909 pp.388-394, 1913 pp.375-379, 1914 pp.388-392, 1916 pp.355-357, 1918 pp.336-341, 1919 pp.362-366, 1920 pp.371-378, 1921 pp.389-395, 1923 pp.388-393, 1925 pp.352-355, 1928 pp.372-375, 1930 pp.398-402, 1932 pp.405-411, 1933 pp.392-398, 1934 pp.335-339, 1935 pp.347-351, 1938 pp.363-367, 1939 pp.390-394, Events of 1940 pp.378-384, 1941 pp.302-307, 1942 pp.343-350, 1943 pp.301-310, 1944 pp.316-325, 1945 pp.294-302 [G] |
| other |
Article : Japan, in : Yearbook on International Communist Affairs 1976 pp.300-315 (John K. Emmerson), 1980 pp.256-263 (John F. Copper) [G] Article : Japan, in : Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Encyclopedia Year Book 1932 pp.292-295, 1933 pp.330-333, 1934 pp.308-311, 1935 pp.303-306, 1936 pp.275-282, 1937 pp.282-288, 1938 pp.285-290, 1939 pp.312-318, 1940 pp.321-324, 1941 pp.270-275, 1942 pp.239-243, 1943 pp.245-249, 1944 pp.163-167, 1946 pp.233-238, 1952 pp.223-224, 1961 pp.175-177 [G] Article : Japan, in : The American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events 1863 pp.552-556, 1864 pp.443-446, 1886 pp.456-459, 1894 pp.386-390 [G] |
