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Specialized Biographical Dictionaries


Time Period Title Number Covered
650 - 1200 Nihon kodai jinmei jiten 1809 persons
1156-1467 Kamakura Muromachi jinmei jiten 3,500 samurai
1467-1615 Sengoku jinmei jiten 24,028 samurai
1185-1868 Daibukan 3 vols. - warrior officials
1600-1868 Edo Bakuhan Daimyōke jiten 319 daimyo
1600-1868 Nihon yōgaku jinmei jiten 1,022 scholars of the West in Japan
1853-1877 Bakumatsu ishin jinmei jiten 8,293 persons
1853-1871 Meiji ishin jinmei jiten 4,295 Japanese and foreigners
1551-1897 Umi o koeta Nihon jinmei jiten = Biographical dictionary of Japanese travelers to the Occident 1,700 Japanese travelers
1544-1942 Rainichi Seiyō jinmei jiten = Biographical dictionary of Europeans who lived in Japan 1,303 Westerners in Japan
Yayoi-1990 Chūgoku jinmei jiten. Kodai kara gendai made 9,405 Chinese who travelled to Japan
1829-1954 Kindai Nihon shakai gakusha shōden : shoshiteki kōsatsu 140 scholars
1860-1945 Nihon shakai undō jinmei jiten 1,500 activists
1868-1945 Kindai Nihon shakai undōshi jinbutsu daijiten
15,000 activists
1868-1990 Seijika jinmei jiten = Biographical dictionary of Japanese Statesmen 4,100 statesmen
1868-1989 Shimin shakai undō jinmei jiten = Biographical  dictionary of Grass-roots Movements and Social Movements in Japan 4,000 persons
1868-2000 Kin-gendai Nihon josei jinmei jiten 1309 women
20th century Nihon anakizumu undō jinmei jiten 3000 anarchists