iLhAnaMi: Japanese Resource Page 2002

CURRENTS Back to top	Time Japan Standard Time* from Communications Research Lab Weather Weather.Com for Tokyo. Just enter the name to get the weather for most Japanese cities from Asahikawa in Hokkaido to Naha in Okinawa. Weather.Asahi.Com* Climatec.Co* Geography Infoplease Atlas of Japan includes a detailed profile page of Japan. Maps.Com provides an variety of statistics on its profile page of Japan. Mapquest map of Japan with a list of quick facts on Japan. Mapion* provides road maps of major thoroughfares in Japan in Japanese.
NEWS & MEDIA Back to top An asterisk (*) after a link denotes that the site is in Japanese.	News Sources--English The Japan Times Asahi News Nikkei Net Interactive Founded in 1876, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, is the primary source of business information for top executives and decision-makers in Japan. Daily Yomiuri Weekly Post For more sites, check out the links under Directories
News & Media Back to top	News Sources--Japanese Asahi Shinbun* Mainichi Interactive* Yomiuri Shinbun* Nihon Keizai Shinbun* Sankei Shinbun* Chunichi Web Press* Kyodo News* wire service. Newsweek Japan* For more sites, check out the links under Directories
News & Media Back to top	Television News Stations Individual video reports are available on each site. 1 NHK News* 4 NNN News* Yomiuri Online broadcast \| G2 \| 6 TBS News (Text is in English but videos are in Japanese) 8 FujiTV News (Text is in English but videos are in Japanese) FNN Online broadcast \| 28.8 \| G2 \| 300 10 Asahi TV News* 12 TV Tokyo News*
	Radio Online NHK World Radio Japan* There is also a link for broadcasts in other languages.
POLICY & ECONOMICS Back to top An asterisk (*) after a link denotes that the site is in Japanese.	Policy Makers Prime Minister of Japan website also offers a list of links to Japanese Government offices. Cabinet Office of Japan provides information on cabinet members and their policies. House of Representatives of the National Diet of Japan. House of Councillers of the National Diet of Japan. Supreme Court of Japan PoliSearch* is "a system to effectively check what politicians are thinking and how they are acting everyday." Gyosei* is a directory for websites of politicians and government offices both central and regional. (Not compatible with Netscape 4.x or earlier.) Lycos Japan* directory of political parties in Japan. The websites of some political parties have English pages.
Policy & Economics Back to top	Think Tanks National Institute for Research Advancement(NIRA) is an independent policy research body whose aim it is to "conduct independent research, which will make a contribution to the resolution of various complex issues facing contemporary society." Also see their NIRA's World Directory of Thinks Tanks for a list of research institutes in Japan and around the world. Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), an arm of the Cabinet Office for the Government of Japan. Institute of Developing Economies (IDE) "aims at the expansion of trade relations and promotes economic cooperation with developing countries and regions, conducting high quality research work to meet the social needs." It is the policy research arm of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), a governmetnal organization to gather economic and trade information worldwide. Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS) founded in June 1988 by former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone "for research and study, international exchange, and other activities conducive to examining critical issues facing the world and Japan." Japan Policy Research Institute (IPRI) was founded in 1994 by Chalmers Johnson and Steven C. Clemons to "promote public education about Japan, its growing significance in world affairs, and trans-Pacific international relations." Japan Information Access Project "specializes in introducing to Washington the best 'outside-the-Beltway' scholarly research and analysis on critical Asia policy issues" and aims to "strengthen international understanding of Japanese and Northeast Asian science, technology, economic and security policy." (Not compatible with Netscape 4.x or earlier.) Nomura Research Institute "has consistently provided highly reliable research, analysis, proposals and consulting, system integration and operation, always with a view toward the development of a new society. " For-profit organization. For more sites, check out the links under Directories
INFORMATION RESOURCES Back to top	Facts and Statistics Japan Information Network provides recent information and statistics. Japan Access is particularly informative. JapanTips.Net is a source for information--from matsuri to subways--especially for those who are still unfamiliar with Japan.
An asterisk (*) after a link denotes that the site is in Japanese.	Governmental Resources Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers a variety of policy statements online. Ministry of Finance website provides monetary statistics. Ministry of International Trade and Industry Ministry of Justice is not only concerned with the legal system, it is also where the Immigration Bureau resides. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT) website not only provides education statistics, it also offers links to all national education and cultural institutes. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare website provides vital and labor statistics. Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications administers national public affairs, and is home to the Statistics Bureau & Statistics Center. National Diet Library The counterpart of the Library of Congress. Japan Defense Agency is home to the Self-Defense Force (jieitai). National Archives offers little online, except for information for onsite access to public government documents. For more sites, check out the links under Directories
Information Resources Back to top	Directories The sites listed below provide many more links on things Japan and Japanese. Open Directory Project with links to Japan in a number of categories. Japan.Co.Jp web directory lists worldwide Japan-related websites for the global community and is the largest guide of its kind existing on the Internet, encompassing over 83,000 links. JGuide The Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources is a topically arranged directory of online information resources in and about Japan, with focus on resources about Japan in the English language. Explore Japan offers links to regional areas of Japan. It is provided through the joint cooperation of organizations including, Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Post and Telecommunications, Japan Center for Regional Development, and The Japan Lottery Association. JapanGuide.Com provides "information about traditional and contemporary Japan, links to other Japan related online resources, a forum for international communication." Japanese Resources Pointers to Web sites with information concerning Japan, the Japanese language, and things Japanese. Humanities Web Sites in Japan maintained by associate professor of Linguistics Hitoshi Goto of the Department of Linguistic in the Faculty of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. He provides a long list of links to websited in Japan related to the Humanities. Japanese Studies Resources at Duke University East Asia Collection, funded in part with a grant from the Japan United States Friendship Commission.
	Search Engines Google Japan* Yahoo! Japan* Lycos Japan* Infoseek Japan* goo Japan* excite Japan*
Information Resources Back to top	About.com offers information on different topics providing convenient articles and links to other sites. AboutJapan.com offers short articles and links on various cultural topics. AboutJapananeseLanguage.com provides hints and links to a number of topics concerning Japanese, from language lessons to computer fonts. AboutAnime.com AboutJapaneseCuisine.com
ARTS AND SCIENCES Back to top An asterisk (*) after a link denotes that the site is in Japanese.	Art The Virtual Museum of Japanese Arts is produced for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Kodansha International Ltd., which is responsible for the contents of the site. japan-art.com is a gallery in Frankfurt, Germany, with many prints for veiwing online. Webmuseum, Paris offers information on the history of art and architecture of Japan. Los Angeles County Museum of Art provide a brief online tour of their Japanese Art collection. This tour includes sculpture, paintings, prints, and ceramics. Jomon Women's Pottery offered by the International Alliance for Women in Music. Open Directory Project with links to sites dealing with architecture in Japan. For more sites, check out the links under Directories
Arts and Sciences Back to top	Ukiyoe A Guide to the Ukiyo-e Sites of the Internet is a vast list of links to internet sites related to Ukiyo-e prints. The Japan Ukiyo-e Museum based on the Sakai collection, was established as a comprehensive Ukiyo-e museum in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture in Spring 1982. Ukiyo-e Museum "introduces works from among the 8,000 or so ukiyo-e woodblock prints in the collections of Nagoya TV, Inc. with the hope that the viewer will come to appreciate these works just as the people of the Edo period enjoyed them." Ukiyoe from the Sweet Briar Collection, Sweet Briar College, Virginia. Hokusai Museum was established in 1976 to maintain the condition of valuable brush paintings and ceiling works attached to two festival floats. For more sites, check out the links under Directories
Arts and Sciences Back to top	Photography PhotoGuide Japan is a guide to photography in Japan providing a large number of links. Photo Directory Station is a site where new contemporary photographers may provide links to exhibit their works. Internet Photo Magazine Japan is an online magazine offering a new generation of photographers a forum to publish their works. The site also includes a directory of photography galleries in Japan. Japan Professional Photographers Society is Japan's largest organization of professional photographers. Formed in 1950, it aims to develop and establish profession of photography. Photo Gallery International , "founded by Sata Corporation as part of its corporate cultural programs initially at Toranomon, Tokyo, is one of the few galleries specializing in fine art photography in Japan." For more sites, check out the links under Directories
Arts and Sciences Back to top An asterisk (*) after a link denotes that the site is in Japanese.	Museums Museum Information Japan offers links to a number of national and regional museums. The Tokyo National Museum "continues to pursue the traditional role of a conscientious guardian of the invaluable cultural properties of Japan, so that they will be preserved and transmitted to the coming generations." The Kyoto National Museum was established as an national institution for the collection and preservation of cultural properties. In addition to exhibiting these collections to the public, the Museum supports related research and conservation activities. The Nara National Museum "has long been deeply involved in the preservation, inventory, and research of Japanese antiquities and archeological artifacts, especially artworks related to Buddhism. Through the years, with the cooperation of temples, shrines, and private collectors, we have organized numerous exhibitions introducing a wealth of outstanding artworks associated with the Buddhist faith and the rich historical and cultural backgrounds in which they were produced. " The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo "engages in a wide range of activities, including the collection and preservation of works of art, craft, and film." The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto "The Museum is a nationa1 institution devoted to the collection and preservation of art works and related reference materials of the 20th century in Japan and other parts of the world. In particular, emphasis is put on the artists or artistic movements in Kyoto and the Kansai(the western districts of Japan), for instance, Japanese-style paintings of the Kyoto School, although overviewing the mainstreams of Japanese modern art, and craft movements and works in the world covering every genre of the crafts." The National Museum of Art, Osaka aims to demonstrate how Japanese art developed in close relation to the art of the world, without restrictions to period or region. Major exhibitions focus on international influence and exchange in contemporary art. The National Museum of Ethnology aims to promote a general understanding and awareness of people, societies and cultures throughout the world through ethnological (anthropological) research, the collection and conservation of ethnographic materials, and public exhibitions. National Science Museum The exihibits, grouped in three buildings, explain the evolution of living things, the flora and fauna of Japan, the solar system, the classification of animals, the origins of the Japanese Archipelago and the development of the Japanese people. Edo-Tokyo Museum "reviews Edo-Tokyo's 400 years of traditions. Within its vast permanent exhibition area, the museum has many large-scale models, including replicas of the Nihonbashi bridge and the kabuki theater, in addition to visual display units. Originals of many historical valuables are also on permanent exhibition." National Museum of Japanese History is "the only museum of Japanese history in Japan which supports systematic research and exhibitions of Japanese history and culture." Currency Museum was "established in 1982 in commemoration of the Bank's Centenary and opened in November 1985. The Museum belongs to the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, the Bank of Japan." For more sites, check out the links under Directories
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Back to top An asterisk (*) after a link denotes that the site is in Japanese.	Sumo : Sumo Association, SumoWeb.Com, Sumo World Baseball : Japanese Pro Baseball, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame, JapaneseBaseball.Com Soccer : Japan Football Association, J.League Official Site, Football Web in Japan, J-League Forum Other Team Sports : Japan Basketball League, American Football Association of Japan, Japan Rugby Football Union, Japan Ice Hockey Federation, Japan Volleyball Association, Olympics : Japanese Olympic Committee, Special Oympics Golf :* Japan Golf Association, Professional Golfers Association, Japan Golf Tour* Winter Sports : SkiJapanGuide, Ski Association of Japan, Japan Snowboard Association, Japan Skating Federation Martial Arts : All Japan Judo Federation, All Japan Kendo Federation, Japan Karatedo Federation, Aikido World Headquarters Fitness : Japan Weightlifting Association, Japan Aerobic Federation, Japan Aerobic Fitness Association, Aerobic and Fitness Association of America, Japan Gymnastic Association, Fitness Online Outdoors : Outdoors SIG, Mountaineering Clubs Links, Japan Alpine Club, SuperFishingWorld* Sports Associations : Japan Sports Association for the Disabled, Japan Amateur Sports Association, Japan Institute for Sports Sciences, Sports Associations and Federations For more sites, check out the links under Directories
Sports & Entertainment Back to top	Entertainment Zakzak* Entertainment news from the Fuji Network. Tokyo Journal Online magazine with current entertainment info about Tokyo. Japan Zone "has almost 300 pages of varied content. Topics include travel, accomodation, Japanese language, history, celebrities and much more." For more sites, check out the links under Directories
Sports & Entertainment Back to top	Film Tokyo International Film Festival holds competitions for feature length works. It is "dedicated to discovering and awarding the next generation of young directors to support their creative activities." Akira Kurosawa Homepage provides links to many of the websites dedicated to Japan's best known director. Kinema Club at Ohio St. University offers links and reviews of recent films, many of which--unfortunately--have not reached the US. Anime Wed Turnpike is an award winning site that strives to "provide a place where everyone could find anime and manga links in a simple and efficient manner, regardless of browser." Animanga provides "information about japanese anime and manga, including articles, reviews, pictures, movies, mailing-lists, forum, scripts, fansub, shops, on-line auctions and much more." Music Oricon* is the leading music magazine in Japan. J. Rock the "ultimate Japanese rock ring." For more sites, check out the links under Directories
LIFESTYLE Back to top	Food Dancyu Food magazine on line. EatSushi.Com provides a variety of facts about sushi, including its history, the how-to make it, and a directory of sushi bars in the US. Maki Sushi Ki is a site dedicated to making Makizushi, the sushi rolled in seaweed. This is the Riceball "Japanese traditional food and good taste !!" it provides steps on how to make it. Yasuko-san's Home Cooking provides explanations and recipes for Japanese home cooking. For more sites, check out the links under Directories
Lifestyle Back to top An asterisk (*) after a link denotes that the site is in Japanese.	Travel Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO) provides a comprehensive site for travel in Japan. JR: JR East, JR West, JR Hokkaido, JR Kyushu, JR Shikoku* Private Rail: Keio, Odakyu, Seibu, Tokyo Metro (map), Hankyu, Kintetsu, Keihan* Airlines: Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airlines, Japan Air System For more sites on hotels, festivals, theme parks, hotsprings and more, check out JNTO
Lifestyle Back to top	Fashion Japan Access: Fashion on the Japan Infomation Network. Fashion Liaison Japan "literally plays a role as a linkage agent between the design education bodies and the fashion industry beyond academic, corporate, and national boundaries. FLJ intends to promote and organize such collaborative design initiatives and provide supports for their small-scale commercialization. " Japan Fashion Association aims to "help advance fashion through the promotion of international exchanges, surveys research, symposia, research grants and the like for the greater dissemination of ideas and information regarding design, the basis of fashion, and thereby to contribute to the development and improvement of the cultural life-style of the people of Japan." For more sites, check out the links under Directories
Lifestyle Back to top	Pop Culture CyberJapan "an online magazine covering all the Hype, Street Fashion and Club Culture in Japan. It is wild, not for kidz and fierce! " Cool Girls in Japan "The Japanese Web Girls & Boys Fashion Online Magazine." j-streetstyle.com is the first web business to promote Japanese trend fashion and Pop culture to countries outside of Japan. damoon.net offers "Japan Culture and Fashion - Links to Japan Sites, Search Windows, Cool Links, and more..." j-pop.com Anime, games, music, and more. For more sites, check out the links under Directories
Lifestyle Back to top	Miscellaneous Japan Ring A "Bilingual ring that is your connection to the best Japan sites on the Web." The Quick and Dirty Guide to Japanese, by Tad Perry (1992) and updated by John Teehan (1998), is--according to the author--"a canonical classic of the Internet community." It was actually rather interesting. qUirKy jApAn hoMepAge "Homepage provides information about oddities such as the The Meguro Parasitalogical Museum, the Thousand Person Bathtub, Love Hotels, temple lodging, and the Yakiimo man (the ice cream man's evil twin)." Japan Gallery is an intersting wites with music reviews, resources links and lots of random photos of Japan. My Nippon is an offbeat look at Japan. Much of the content is a conglomeration of a variety of contributers discussing topics from food to fashion. For more sites, check out the links under Directories

ACADEMIA Back to top	Associations Association of Teachers of Japanese (ATJ) is an international, non-profit, non-political organization of scholars, teachers, and students of Japanese language, literature, and linguistics, which works to promote academic work in the field and to broaden and deepen knowledge and appreciation of Japan and its culture. Association of Asian Studies (AAS) --the largest society of its kind in the world--is a scholarly, non-political, non-profit professional association open to all persons interested in Asia. It seeks through publications, meetings, and seminars to facilitate contact and an exchange of information among scholars to increase their understanding of East, South, and Southeast Asia. Association for Japanese Literary Studies The association promotes studies of Japanese literary texts from a variety of perspectives. Its main activities include a two-day conference each fall and a publication of the conference's proceedings the following year. Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies , founded in 1968, is an international liaison and research center designed primarily to serve European and American scholars whose main area of study focuses on medieval Japan. Japanese Studies Association of Canada The purpose of the Association is to promote Japanese Studies in Canada and to contribute towards increase in knowledge about Japan and Canada-Japan relations European Association for Japanese Studies "is open to the full range of the profession from established scholars through junior scholars to post-graduate students. Its activities tend to be grouped under the following disciplines: linguistics and language teaching; literature; religion and the history of ideas; history, politics and international relations; economics, economic and social history; anthropology and sociology; urban and environmental studies; visual and performing arts."
Academia Back to top	Journals Japanese Language and Literature , the former Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, is published twice year. Journal Of Japanese Studies was established in 1974 as a multidisciplinary forum for communicating new information, new interpretations, and recent research results concerning Japan to the English-reading world. Monumenta Nipponica is published by Sophia University, Tokyo, with the aim of providing a common platform for scholars of Japan throughout the world to present the results of their research, and carries original scholarship and translations in the fields of history, literature, art history, religion, thought, and anthropology. The Journal of Asian Studies has been published regularly since 1941, offering Asianists a wealth of information unavailable elsewhere. Education About Asia is designed to be a tool for K-16 teachers who wish to bring information on Asia to their classrooms. Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique Crossing boundaries and rethinking the terms of theoretical analysis, positions: east asia cultures critique is the first journal to examine critically the histories and cultures of East Asia and Asian America. English Language Online Magazines and Newsletters on Japan. A list provided by Duke University.
Academia Back to top	Other Organizations of Note Japan Society National Association of Japan-America Societies, Inc. US-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange Gateway Japan
RESOURCES Back to top	Student Opportunities Bridging Project for Study Abroad/Japan Jet Programme Fulbright Graduate Study and Research Abroad Association of International Education, Japan provides information on Japanese universities, study abroad opportunities and scholarships for foreign students. JIntern.Com links students with internships and jobs in Tokyo, Japan. InternInAsia.Com is operated by MOGPA, a nonprofit organization that arranges internships in China and Japan for bilingual Americans. Nambu Foundation offers summer internships at major Japanese corporations.
Resources Back to top	Resources for Educators and Scholars Japan Foundation Japan Foundation North America Sasakawa Peace Foundation The Tokyo Foundation Toyota Foundation Toshiba International Foundation Sumitomo Foundation* Mitsubishi Foundation Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission United States-Japan Foundation Fulbright Program, State Department -- Scholar Program: Japan Page -- Fulbright Graduate Study and Research Abroad -- FMF Teacher Program National Endowment for the Humanities
Resources Back to top	Educational Resources Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library A global collaborative project which provides access in bibliographic and in hypertext terms to networked scholarly documents, resources and information systems concerned with or relevant to Asian Studies. ASIANetwork is a consortium of over one hundred and fifty North American colleges striving to strengthen the role of Asian Studies within the framework of liberal arts education Child Research Net is a non-profit organization with most of its funding coming from a large educational corporation in Japan called Benesse Corporation. Asian Educational Media Service provides various forms of services to help instructors in educational institutions from elementary schools to colleges in teaching about Asia. Japan Foundation Language Center Japan Project at Purdue University provides information on Japanese e-mail and Japanese instructional software projects. Most of the information and aids were developed for Mac user.
REFERENCE MATERIAL Back to top An asterisk (*) after a link denotes that the site is in Japanese.	Dictionaries Kenkyusha Online Dictionary* provided by Excite.Co.Jp. It will translate Japanese to Engllish and English to Japanese. Shogakkan Online Dictionary* brought to you by Lycos.Co.Jp. It offers English-Japanese, Japanese-English, Kokugo jisho, and abridged Encyclopedia functions as well. Sanseido's Daijirin* is provided by GOO.co.jp. Besides functioning as an online Kokugo jiten, it offers English-Japanese and Japanese-English functions as well. Japanese only. Eijiro* by Space ALC. Jeffrey's Japanese<->English Dictionary Server Bi-directional Online Dictionary provided by Pacific Software Publishing. by Space ALC. Kanji Bukuro* for old or rare Kanji by Koichi Yasuoka. Translations Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Japanese-English Dictionary Server at Monash University provides a number of engines to translate Japanese, including Text Word Translation that will create word lists for any text the user inputs. Japanese- English Dictionary Portal for Japanese Language Web Resources from the University of Virginia allows you to read Japanese kanji and words on websites. It uses Jim Breen's dictionary. Rikai.Com* provides a portal that make reading Japanese websites as easy as pointing with your mouse. Japanese Language Tutorial* from Tsukuba University provides a site that allows instructors to input texts and evaluate degree of difficulty. It will also create a wordlist allowing readers to click on words and instantly see its English equivalent while reading the text. Beware that it is not foolproof. Not all words are contained in its dictionary, and some English equivalents are suspect. Internet Resources for Translating* provides a list of links to resources convenient for translators. Other Online References K's Bookshelf* offers a few self-made glossarie, including Nihonshi yougo, an online historical terms in Japanese. Digital Dictionary of Buddhism This is a helpful site for anyone dealing with classical literature and needs a quick and convenient reference. Kotowaza Jiten* is a list of links to online dictionaries of proverbs and expressions. Japanese only. Japanese Tutorial* by Koji Hamamoto. Japanese Lunar Calendar

	Japanese Literature
Back to top An asterisk (*) after a link denotes that the site is in Japanese.	JAPANESE LITERARY TEXTS ONLINE The Japanese Text Initiative at The University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center provides the following titles: Yosano Akiko's Midaregami, Mori Ogai's Gan, Soseki's Kokoro, Koda Rohan's Goju no to and Tai dokuro, Takuboku's Ichiaku no suna and Kanashiki gangu, Hagiwara Sakutaro's Tsuki ni hoeru, Akutagawa Ryunosuke's Jigokuhen and Kappa, Yokomitsu Riichi's Kikai, Dazai's Shayo. JapaneseLiteratureNet* is "a network that, through the voluntary contributions of five famou s authors: Yasutaka Tsutsui, Kyoji Kobayashi, Akira Hori, Yuji Usui, and Aki Sato, seeks to express Japanese literature to the world." There's an English link but has very little on it. J-Text* refers to itself as the Japanese literature electronic library. They provide their own texts--such as Heike monogatari and Taiheiki--as well as links to other sites. The files may be in different formats, i.e. PDF files. Aozora Bunko* (Blue Sky Collection) provides online texts of modern and contemporary authors. Online Digital Books* put to gether by the "Committee on Digitizing Books" that dreams of making all books available through the internet. Taiju's Notebook* provides a few texts--both modern and classical. Some are still works in progress. Shiritsu PDD Toshokan* by Doku Tobin provides a few texts in Modern Japanese. Tsuyukusa iro no sato* provides a few texts, as well as his own interpretations of mostly classical poems and poetic tales. Kanazawa University Library* provides a number of links to online texts. If you know the name of the piece, click on the following links. The works are in kana order: a-ko \| sa-no \| ha-wa Kotobaseek* by T. Nozaki provides links to many sites concerning Japanese language and literature. Mini-collection of Modern Japanese Literature is a collection created of electronic texts for the program of modern Japanese literature at the University of Calgary. It is designed by X. Jie YANG for students who have taken only two years of Japanese language classes at the University of Calgary.
MODERN LITERATURE Back to top	BY AUTHOR & TITLE Akutagawa Ryunosuke 芥川龍之介 *Hana* is also available at the PDD Toshokan. *Jigokuhen* 地獄變 is available at the Japan Text Initiative. *Kappa* 　河童 is also available at the Japan Text Initiative. *Kumo no ito* 蜘蛛の糸 is available at the Aozora bunko. *Yabu no naka* 藪の中 is available at the Aozora bunko. *Rashōmon* 羅生門 is available in the Mini-collection of Modern Japanese Literature at the University of Calgary, and at the PDD Toshokan. Other Titles can be found at the PDD Toshokan and Aozora Bunko. Dazai Osamu 太宰治 *Hashire merosu* is available at the PDD Toshokan. *Shayō* 斜陽 is available at the Japan Text Initiative. *Urashimasan* 浦島さんis available at the PDD Toshokan. Ishikawa Takuboku 石川啄木 *Ichiaku no suna* is available at the Japan Text Initiative. *Kanashiki gangu* is also at the Japan Text Initiative Mori Ogai 森鴎外 *Gan* is available at the Japan Text Initiative. *Maihime* 舞姫 is available at the PDD Toshokan. *Shibue chūsai* 渋江ちゅうさい is available on Taiju's Notebook. Other Titles can be found at the Aozora Bunko. Natsume Soseki 夏目漱石 *Botchan* ぼっちゃん is available at the PDD Toshokan. *Kokoro* こころ is available at the Japan Text Initiative. Hagiwara Sakutaro: *Tsuki ni hoeru* is available at the Japan Text Initiative. Miyazawa Kenji 宮沢賢治 *Ame ni mo makezu* 雨ニモマケズ is available at the PDD Toshokan. *Ginga tetsudō no yoru* 銀河鉄道の-� -� is available at the PDD Toshokan. *Yuki watari* 雪渡り is available at the PDD Toshokan. Yokomitsu Riichi: *Jikan* is available at the Japan Text Initiative. *Kikai* is also available at the Japan Text Initiative. Yosano Akiko 与謝野晶子 *Midaregami* 乱れ髪is available at the Japan Text Initiative and on Taiju's Notebook.
	Classical Japanese Literature
Back to top An asterisk (*) after a link denotes that the site is in Japanese.	General Lists There are a number of sites that provide access to electronic text files of the Japanese classics. The Japanese Text Initiative is a collaborative project between The University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library. Their efforts make texts of classical Japanese literature available on the World Wide Web. They provide the following titles: Manyoshu, Kokin wakashu, Ise monogatari, Kagero nikki. Genji monogatari, Izumi Shikibu nikki, Sarashina nikki, Makura no soshi, Saigyo's poetry, Gosenshu, Shuishu, Goshuishu, Kin'yoshu, Shikashu, Senzaishu, Shinkokinshu, Hojoki, Ogura hyakunin isshu, Tsurezuregusa, Heike monogatari, selected Noh plays, Saikaku's Koshoku gonin onna and Koshoku ichidai onna, Basho's Oku no hosomichi, Chikamatsu's Sonezaki shinju and Shinju ten no Amijima, Buson Haikushu, Selections from Kabuki plays, Kanadehon Chushingura, Akinari, Ugetsu monogatari, Ryokan kashu, Issa's Ora ga Haru, Futabatei's Ukigumo, Kyoka's Koyahijiri. Nihon Bungaku Text Files* at Fukui University provides links to many other sites. Kokubungaku Kenkyu Shiryokan in Tokyo, Japan, is the center for many scholars who conduct research with original manuscripts. It houses virtually everything published in Japanese on Japanese literature. Kotenmura* 古典村 is a new sight that that offers texts for the lover of the Japanese classics. While the number of texts is still relatively few, it looks to be promising. Classical Waka Links* connects those interested in classical court poetry to a number of other sites. Data Links to Japanese Classical Literary Texts* is provided by Kosugi Akio who encourages information exchange through the internet. Image Databases/Catalogs from the Rare Collections at the Kyoto University Electronic Library Archives. They also provide texts of sories by Higuchi Ichiyo, but they are currently experiencing technical difficulties.
	CLASSICAL JAPANESE LITERATURE BY GENRE: POETRY \| DIARIES \| TALES \| ESSAYS \| DRAMA
Classical Literature Back to top Back to genre list	POETRY IMPERIAL ANTHOLOGIES 勅撰和歌集 Kokin wakashū 古今和歌集 The first imperial anthology is available at Japanese Text Initiative, Koten mura, and Tsuyukusa iro no sato. Gosen wakashū 後撰和歌集 The second imperial anthology is available at Japanese Text Initiative, Tsuyukusa iro no sato. Shūi wakashū 拾遺和歌集 The third imperial anthology compiled by Fujiwara Kinto is available at Japanese Text Initiative, and Tsuyukusa iro no sato. Goshūi wakashū 後拾遺和歌集 The fourth imperial anthology is available at Japanese Text Initiative, and Tsuyukusa iro no sato. Kinyō wakashū 金葉和歌集 The fifth imperial anthology is available at Japanese Text Initiative, Koten mura, and Tsuyukusa iro no sato. Shika wakashū 詞花和歌集 The sixth imperial anthology is available at Japanese Text Initiative, Koten mura, and Tsuyukusa iro no sato. Senzai wakashū 千載和歌集 The seventh imperial anthology compiled by Fujiwara Shunzei is available at Japanese Text Initiative, Koten mura, and Tsuyukusa iro no sato. Shinkokin wakashū 新古今和歌集 The eighth and perhaps the most significant imperial anthology is available at Japanese Text Initiative, Koten mura, and Tsuyukusa iro no sato. Shinchokusen wakashū 新勅撰和歌集 The ninth imperial anthology compiled by Fujiwara Teika is available at Tsuyukusa iro no sato. PRIVATE ANTHOLOGIES & HOUSE COLLECTIONS Man'yōshū 万葉集 There are a number sites that offer links to pages dedicated to the first major Japanese anthology of poetry. Most provide a limited number of poems depending on the taste of its creator. The Man'yōshū Related Corner lists links to Man'yoshū related sites. One link, Tanoshii Man'yōshū provides the poems, some of which are linked to a modern translation, photos and a brief bio of the composer. There is a site by Hisashi Mizugaki dedicated to Otomo Yakamochi, one of the major poets in Man'yōshū, that offers perhaps the most links to Manyō related sites. Bungaku Text Database offers an index of terms found in the Man'yōshū. The entire text is available at the Japanese Text Initiative. Hyakuni isshu 百人一首 For the original text with English translation and a few woodblock print images, go to the Japanese Text Initiative. The text with a modern Japanese translation and other bits of imformation is available at Fūfuhikōgashō (the Six Styles of Poetry as described in the Kokinshū). The text also is available at Koten mura, Hiroshima University (by Hirotsugu Kakugawa). Sangashū 三家集 The collection of Saigyo's poems is available at Koten mura. Izumi shikibu shū 和泉式部集 The collection of Izumi shikibu's poems is available at Koten mura. POETICS Roppyakuban utaawase 六百番歌合 The Poetry Match in 600 Rounds is available in part (approximately the first half) at Tsuyukusa iro no sato. Kindai shūka 近代秀歌, the poetic treatise by Fujiwara Teika is provided by Eiichi Shibuya of Takachiho University. It contains the text as well as the image of the original in Teika's handwriting. Yoru no tsuru 夜の鶴, a poetic treatise by the Nun Abutsu, is found on Taiju's Notebook. RENGA 連歌 Minase sangin 水瀬三吟 is available at Jugoshoko by Nishioka Katsuhiko. HAIKU 俳句 Matsuo Bashō 松尾芭蕉 Oku no hosomichi 奥の細道 The text of this travel diary is available with photos and linked notes on places of interest. It is mainained by Kondo Naruto of the now-dormant Kato Lab in memory of Professor Kato Ryuji of Utsunomiya University. The entire text also available at the Japanese Text Initiative and Basho Database. Oi no kobumi 笈の小文 is available at the Japanese Text Initiative and Basho Database. Saga nikki 嵯峨日記 is available at the Basho Database. Sarumino 猿蓑 is available at the Basho Database. Miscellaneous For hardcore Basho fans, checkout the Basho Database by Ito Yo of Yamanashi University for Basho's lesser known poetry and prose writing. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 Ora ga haru is available at the Japanse Text Initiative.
Classical Literature Back to top Back to genre list An asterisk (*) after a link denotes that the site is in Japanese.	DIARIES Tosa nikki 土佐日記 The entire text is made available by Okashima Akihiro through his homepage at Fukui University. Another site by Shibuya Eiichi provides the text in all Kanji, all kana, or a mixture of the two. Kagerō nikki かげろ日記 The diary of Michitsuna's mother is available at the Japanese Text Initiative. Murasaki shikibu nikki 紫式部日記 The diary of Izumi shikibu is available at the Japanese Text Initiative. Izumi shikibu nikki 和泉式部日記 The diary of Izumi shikibu is available at Koten mura and the Japanese Text Initiative. Sarashina nikki 更級日記 The mid-Heian diary by the daughter of Sugawara Takasue is available at Taiju's Notebook, Koten mura, and Japanese Text Initiative. Izayoi nikki 十六夜日記 This mid-Kamakura poetic travel diary by the Nun Abutsu is available at Taiju's Notebook. Another is by Okashima Akihiro, through his homepage at the Fukui University. Another source for this text is Hagiwara Yoshio of Komazawa Junior College. Utatane no ki うたゝ寝の記 The entire text by the Nun Abutsu is made available at Taiju's Notebook. Towazugatari 問わず語り The late Kamakura diary of the daughter of Minamoto Masatada is available at Koten mura.
Classical Literature Back to top Back to genre list An asterisk (*) after a link denotes that the site is in Japanese.	TALES Taketori monogatari 竹取物語 The entire text of the mother of all monogatari is available at the Japanese Text Initiative and in Taiju's Notebook. The text can also be downloaded as an Extended UNIX Code (EUC) text file from Matsusaka University. Ise monogatari 伊勢物語 The entire text of perhaps the most famous of the uta monogatari (poem tales) is available through the Japanese Text Initiative. The text is also available at Koten mura and Tsuyukusa iro no sato. Just for fun, check out IseMonogatari.com. They offer some of the chapters in modern Japanese translation. Yamato monogatari 大和物語 The entire text is found at Tsuyukusa iro no sato. It is a work in progress in Taiju's Notebook, but most of it seems to be done. Genji monogatari 源氏物語 The entire text is now currently available through the Japanese Text Initiative. Another source is The World of Genji Monogatari. Eiichi Shibuya of Takachiho University, stating to make available the Genji to "anyone, anytime, anywhere" through the internet, offers the text in the original classicl version, modern translation, and interestingly in romanization (personally, I think it is harder to read). The Japan Classic Literature Research Institute (Koten sougou kenkyuujo) maintains a website called Genji Net. It is a site the offers information concerning recently published material related to Genji monogatari. The Institute focuses on research on the Genji, developing databases for texts and indices. In general, the database is available to subscribers, but there are some sample files online. The entire text of Yosano Akiko's modern rendition of Genji monogatari is available online from Kadokawa Publishing. Heike monogatari 平家物語 The entire text is available at the Japanese Text Initiative. Ochikubo monogatari The entire text is available by Hagiwara Fumio of Komazawa Junior College. Tsutsumi chūnagon monogatari 堤中納言物語 The entire text is available at Taiju's Notebook. Uji shūi monogatari 宇治拾遺物語 The entire text is made available by Hagiwara Fumio of Komazawa Junior College. It will take a while to load, for it's all on one page! Ugetsu monogatari 雨月物語 Ueda Akinari's tale of the strange is available at the Japanese Text Initiative.
Classical Literature Back to top Back to genre list An asterisk (*) after a link denotes that the site is in Japanese.	ESSAYS Makura no Sōshi 枕草子 The entire text of one version (published by Yuhodo in 1929) is available through the Japanese Text Initiative. It is also available at Online Digital Books. Selected chapters are also available at Makura no sōshi sekai, a site created by Hamaguchi Toshihiro. Hōjōki 方丈記 The entire text is available through the Japanese Text Initiative and Taiju's Notebook. It is also available for download as a EUC text file from Matsusaka University. Tsurezuregusa The entire text is available thanks to the input of Matsuda Fumio. It's also available in Taiju's Notebook and Koten mura.
Classical Literature Back to top Back to genre list An asterisk (*) after a link denotes that the site is in Japanese.	DRAMA NOH Kan'ami Matsukaze is available at Japanese Text Initiative. Sotoba komachi is available at Japanese Text Initiative. Zeami Aya no tsuzumi is available at Japanese Text Initiative. Hagoromo 羽衣 is available at Japanese Text Initiative. Izutsu 井筒 is available at Japanese Text Initiative. Kagekiyo is available at Japanese Text Initiative. Nonomiya is available at Japanese Text Initiative. Sekidera komachi 関寺小町 is available at Japanese Text Initiative. Semimaru is available at Japanese Text Initiative. Takasago 高砂 is available at Japanese Text Initiative. Tsunemasa is available at Japanese Text Initiative. KABUKI Benten Kozō is available at Japanese Text Initiative. Hiragana seisuiki is available at Japanese Text Initiative. Tōkaidō yotsuya kaidan is available at Japanese Text Initiative. Yoshitsune senbonzakura is available at Japanese Text Initiative. Other Title are available at Japanese Text Initiative. JORURI Chikamatsu Monzaemon Imamiya no shinjū is available at Koten mura. Kokusenya kassen is available at Koten mura. Onnagoroshi abura jigoku is available at Koten mura. Shinjū kasane izutsu is available at Koten mura. Shinjū ten no amijima is available at the Japanese Text Initiative and Koten mura. Shinjū yoi gosen is available at Koten mura. Sonezaki shinjū is available at the Japanese Text Initiative and Koten mura. Chūshingura The text database--althoug hard to decipher--can be viewed at Ube College, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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