Japanese Studies

Todai Katei bunko
霞亭文庫   http://133.11.199.8/cgi-bin/KateiIndex
Collected by a Meiji novelist, Watanabe Katei, it includes 1159 texts of early modern novels and dramatic works - kana zōshi, ukiyoe zōshi, share-bon, kibyōshi, akahon/kurohon, aohon, jōruri, kabuki and others.

Kyoto Digital Library   http://edb.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/exhibit/index.html

• Konjaku monogatari - if you mouse over the hand-written text, you see the characters typed; there is also a printed version and an html version.
• Kunijo Kabuki Ekotoba - has translations into English and modern Japanese as well as transcriptions of the literary Japanese
• Emakimono; Nara e-hon and other types of materials, often but not always only as jpegs.

Nara joshidai   http://www.lib.nara-wu.ac.jp/nwugdb/jindex.html

• Edo and Meiji materials about women.  There is a pop-up window with typed text.
• Three digitized journals:  家事及裁縫, 伸びて行く and 學習研究
• Ise monogatari and related information including a new translation
• 27 Diaries about travel to Edo (and other areas)

Hiroshima Digital Library   http://www.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/dc/kyodo/index.html

• 14 Nara e-hon: Muromachi monogatari.  Each item includes a jpeg of the item with a transcription of the text below along with an explanation and a viewing format that focuses on the pictures.
• The library of Hiroshima-born arts critic, Saski Kiichi (under preparation)
• 5600 textbooks from Edo terakoya to 1950; sorted by time period, by subject, and by school system.  Keyword searching possible.

Tohoku Daigaku Toshokan - Kano Bunko   http://www2.library.tohoku.ac.jp/kano/kano_top.html
Includes maps of Japan, the world, Ainu, Ryūkyūs, Korea, castle fortifications, battle plans; e-hon and e-maki.

Kyushu University Library Rare Book Collection    http://herakles.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/index.htm
Includes numerous digitized books:  Yamato monogatari, Ise monogatari, Soga monogatari

Sugoroku Collection - Tokyo Gakugei University Library   https://library.u-gakugei.ac.jp/etopia/sugoroku.html
A collection of 134 sugoroku pictures.

• Bakumatsu Meiji no media ten    http://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/TENJI/virtual/bakumei/
• Edo Literature
• Rangaku