Reference
Useful Links (List created by FUKUDA Takeshi)
Electronic Texts in Chinese Characters (Japanese Works)
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Iwanami Classical Japanese Literature Database
http://base3.nijl.ac.jp/
Search Nihon koten bungaku taikei and Hanashibon taikei anthologies. Registration required. -
Manyoshu Search Engine
http://infux03.inf.edu.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/~manyou/ver2_2/manyou.php
Search the main text, kun reading, and keywords in Manyoshu. -
Japan’s Six National Histories (Rikkokushi)
http://www013.upp.so-net.ne.jp/wata/rikkokusi/index.html
Search Rikkokushi. -
Heian-Period Kanshibun (Sinitic Literature) Database
http://db2.littera.waseda.ac.jp/wever/kanshi/goLogin.do
Search Volumes 122-133 (Literature category, 1-12) of Gunsho ruiju. -
Japan Knowledge Plus
http://www.jkn21.com/
Search Shinpen nihon koten bungaku zenshu, Heibonsha toyo bunko, Gunsho ruiju, and various other texts. -
Japanese Text Initiative
http://etext.virginia.edu/japanese/search/search.en.html
Search Manyoshu and other texts. -
Koji ruien Database
http://base1.nijl.ac.jp/~kojiruien/
Search the full text in Heaven, Seasons, and Measurement, and Earth categories, and selected sections in 23 other categories, including Shinto. -
Koji ruien Full Text Database
http://ys.nichibun.ac.jp/kojiruien/
Search the full text in Heaven, Annual Celebrations, Earth, Emperors, Measurement, Techniques (Medicine, etc.), Names, People (selected portions), and Food and Drink categories.
Electronic Texts in Chinese Characters (Chinese Works and Buddhist Works in Chinese Translation)
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Academia Sinica Database
http://hanji.sinica.edu.tw/
Search Thirteen Classics with Commentaries and Sub-Commentaries, Twenty-five Official Dynastic Histories, Luoyang qielan ji (A Record of Monasteries of Luoyang), Nitto guho junrei koki (A Record of a Pilgrimage to China in Search of the Law), Dunhuang bianwen ji xinshu (A New Collection of Transformation Texts from Dunhuang), selections from Daozang (Taoist Canon), Wenxuan (Selections of Refined Literature), Yiwen leiju (Collection of Literature Arranged by Categories), You xian ku (Cave of Immortals), Yuefu shiji (Collection of Music Bureau Poems), Zhuzi (Various Schools) works, etc. -
Hanquan
http://skqs.lib.ntnu.edu.tw/dragon/
Search Quan tangshi (Complete Tang Poems), Siku quanshu zongmu (Catalog of the Complete Imperial Library), Taiping guangji (Extensive Records of the Taiping Era), etc. -
Yiwen leiju Index (Private Edition)
http://friday.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ywlj_UTF8.html
Search Yiwen leiju (Collection of Literature Arranged by Categories). -
Quan liangshi Search Engine
http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/cbn/rikucho/ryo/ryo.htm
Search Quan liangshi (Complete Liang Poems). -
Taisho shinshu daizokyo Text Database
http://21dzk.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/SAT/
Search Taisho shinshu daizokyo (Complete Collection of Buddhist Scriptures, Taisho-Period Revised Edition). -
CBETA Full Text Search
http://cbeta.buddhist-canon.com/result/search.htm
Search Volumes 1-55 of Taisho shinshu daizokyo (Complete Collection of Buddhist Scriptures, Taisho-Period Revised Edition) and Manji zoku zokyo. -
Dokisha Chinese Text Search
http://www.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~dokisha/kanseki.html
Search Taoist texts such as Laozi and Yunji qiqian (Seven Bamboo Tablets of the Cloudy Satchel). -
Chinese Text Project
http://ctext.org/zh
Search Zhuzi (Various Schools) works such as Shui jing zhu (Commentary on the Water Classic), Qunshu zhiyao (The Compilation of Books and Writings on the Important Governing Principles). -
Center for Chinese Linguistics, Peking University
http://ccl.pku.edu.cn:8080/ccl_corpus/index.jsp?dir=gudai
Text corpus of ancient and modern Chinese. -
Wikisource
https://zh.wikisource.org/
A wide range of texts in the four genres of classics, histories, various schools, and literary collections. -
Shuowen jiezi Online Search Engine
http://www.wenzi.cn/shuowen/index.HTM
Digital images of various annotated versions of Shuowen jiezi (Analytical Dictionary of Chinese Characters). Input using pinyin to search. -
Chinese Historical Documents on the Japanese
http://www.seisaku.bz/rekidai_wajinden.html
Search for articles on Japan in official dynastic histories, Shan hai jing (Classic of Mountains and Seas), Lunheng, Hanyuan by Zhang Chujin, Tongdian, and the “Epitaph of Mi Gong (of Baekje).”
Electronic Texts and Digital Images (Japanese Works)
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National Diet Library Digital Collections
http://dl.ndl.go.jp/ -
National Institute of Japanese Literature Microfilm and Digital Database
http://base1.nijl.ac.jp/~wakosyo/ -
Internet Archive eBooks and Texts
https://archive.org/details/texts -
Hathi Trust Digital Library
https://www.hathitrust.org/ -
Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
http://www.base-search.net/ -
Waseda University Library Japanese and Chinese Classics Database
http://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kotenseki/ -
Kyoto University Digital Library (Rare Materials)
http://edb.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/exhibit/index.html -
e-Museum: National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties of National Museums, Japan
http://www.emuseum.jp/top?d_lang=ja -
Kokugakuin University Library Digital Library
http://k-aiser.kokugakuin.ac.jp/digital/diglib.html -
Sakamoto Ryumon Bunko Digital Collection, Nara Women's University
http://mahoroba.lib.nara-wu.ac.jp/y05/ -
J-Texts (Japanese Literature Digital Library)
http://www.j-texts.com/
Kojiki, Rikkokushi (Japan’s Six National Histories), etc. -
Ancient History Archives: Archipelago Section
http://www004.upp.so-net.ne.jp/dassai1/index.htm
Kojiki, Kogo shui, Jogu shotoku hoo teisetsu (Biography of Shotoku Taishi), etc. -
Takehiko Yoshimura’s Seminar Database, Meiji University
http://www.isc.meiji.ac.jp/~yoshimu/database.html
Yororyo (Yoro Code), Nihon koki, Toshi kaden (Biographical Record of the Fujiwara Clan), Kugyo bunin (Imperial Ministerial Register), etc. -
Ryo no shuge (Commentary on the Yoro Code) Database
http://www.kisc.meiji.ac.jp/~meikodai/obj_ryoshuge.html
Variant texts of Ryo no shuge. -
Texts Related to Kojiki
http://www2q.biglobe.ne.jp/~bonichi/kojiki.HTM
Sumiyoshi taisha jindaiki (Records of the Age of the Gods from the Great Sumiyoshi Shrine), Shinsen kisoki (Newly Compiled Record of Turtle Shell Omens). -
Early Dictionary Database
http://rose.hucc.hokudai.ac.jp/~o16404/shikeda/kojisho.html
Ruiju myogisho, Tenrei bansho meigi, etc. -
Ancient Japanese Classics
http://www.umoregi.com/koten/index.html
Kojiki, Rikkokushi (Japan’s Six National Histories), Fuso ryakuki, Kaifuso, etc. -
Classical Japanese Literature Electronic Text Collection
http://miko.org/~uraki/kuon/furu/furu_index1.htm
A wide variety of texts.
Electronic Texts and Digital Images (Chinese Works and Buddhist Works in Chinese Translation)
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Chinese Classics Collection, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo
http://shanben.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/list.php -
Oriental Studies Digital Library, Documentation and Information Center for Chinese Studies, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
http://kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/db-machine/toho/html/top.html -
Yonezawa City Library Digital Library
http://www.library.yonezawa.yamagata.jp/dg/index.html -
Chinese Rare Book Digital Collection, Chinese University of Hong Kong Library
http://udi.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/projects/chinese-rare-book-digital-collection/list -
Guoxue: Texts
http://www.guoxue.com/wenxian/wenxian.htm -
Guoxue: Tang-Dynasty Texts
http://www.guoxue.com/tangyanjiu/tyj001.htm
Tangshu (History of the Tang), Quan tangshi (Complete Tang Poems), Tang chuanqi (short stories) and other writings. -
Electronic Texts of Chinese Classics
http://www.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~dokisha/text-archive.html -
Classical Chinese Texts
http://guji.artx.cn/ -
Daejanggyeong (Tripitaka Koreana) Knowledgebase
http://kb.sutra.re.kr/ritk_eng/index.do -
Digital Image Database, Iwasaki Bunko Collection, Toyo Bunko (The Oriental Library)
http://124.33.215.236/zenpon/zenpon201009.php -
Zhonghua wenhua wang (Chinese Culture Online)
http://ms.chgsh.chc.edu.tw/~chi/chi_ebook/ -
Lost Texts: Classics
http://www.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~takeda/edo_min/edo_bunka/syuitu/edono_kagaku_syuitu_01m2.html -
Digital Image Database (Pilot Version) of Dazangjing (Great Collection of Sutras), Wanli Edition, Jiaxing zang
http://dzkimgs.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/utlib_kakouzou.php -
International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism, Hanazono University
http://iriz.hanazono.ac.jp/
Registration required for “Digital Bodhidharuma General Archives for Zen Research #2.”
Materials Other Than Books (Inscriptions, Excavated Materials, Historical Documents, etc.)
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Wooden Tablet Image Database
http://www.nabunken.jp/Open/mokkan/mokkan2.html
http://jiten.nabunken.go.jp/
Search over 50,000 wooden tablets (images and text data). -
Historiographical Institute Database, University of Tokyo
http://wwwap.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ships/db.html
Dai nihon komonjo, Shosoin monjo, Inscriptions and Ink Rubbings Database, etc. -
Shosoin monjo Database
http://somoda.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/ -
Korean Wooden Tablets Database
http://mokgan.cch.go.kr/mujian/data/mujian_info/list.jsp?cate=MUJ_INF
Input Chinese characters in the search field labeled “한자검색”. -
International Dunhuang Project
http://idp.afc.ryukoku.ac.jp/ -
Ink Rubbings Database
http://coe21.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/djvuchar -
Japanese Inscriptions and Ink Rubbings Collection (By KATO Jun)
http://www.littera.waseda.ac.jp/wever/takuhon/goLogin.do -
Tablets, Inscriptions, and Images Database (Academia Sinica)
http://saturn.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/~wenwu/search.htm
Han-dynasty tablets, inscriptions, writings on silk, and other excavated materials. -
East Asian Stone Inscriptions Institute (Meiji University)
http://www.kisc.meiji.ac.jp/~ishiken/researches/database.html -
Three Kingdoms (Wu) Zoumalou Tablets Database (Chinese University of Hong Kong Library)
http://udi.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/projects/rhorse
Book/Article Search
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National Diet Library
http://iss.ndl.go.jp/ -
National Institutes for Humanities Integrated Retrieval System
http://kyoyusvr.rekihaku.ac.jp/GlobalFinder/cgi/Start.exe -
CiNii Articles
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/ja -
CiNii Books
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/books/?l=ja -
CiNii Dissertations
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/d/?l=ja -
JAIRO
http://ju.nii.ac.jp/ -
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) Database
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/ -
J-STAGE
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/-char/ja/ -
Database of Scholarly Articles in Japanese Literature
http://base1.nijl.ac.jp/~rombun/ -
Database of Research on the Japanese Language and Japanese Language Instruction
https://www.ninjal.ac.jp/database/bunken/ -
Journal Kokugogaku (National Language Studies) Full Text Database
http://db3.ninjal.ac.jp/SJL/ -
Database of Chinese Classics in Japan
http://kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/kanseki -
Electronic Catalog of Chinese Classics at the University of Tokyo Library
http://kanseki.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/kanseki/ -
Comprehensive Database of Archaeological Site Reports in Japan
http://sitereports.nabunken.go.jp/ja -
References in Archaeology
http://archaeology.jp/zdb/index.htm -
Search Engine for References in Oriental (East Asian) Studies
http://ruimoku.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ruimoku/ -
Database of Wooden Tablets in Japan
http://mokuren.nabunken.go.jp/NCPMKR/Mkn-Iseki.html -
Takehiko Yoshimura’s Seminar Database, Meiji University (also mentioned above)
http://www.isc.meiji.ac.jp/~yoshimu/database.html
References in research on inscriptions, writings on clayware, etc. -
China National Knowledge Infrastructure
http://www.cnki.net/ -
References in Research on Korean History in Post-War Japan
http://www.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~mizna/sengo/ -
OCLC WorldCat
http://www.worldcat.org/ -
Database of References in Japanese Kanbun (Sinological/Sinitic Texts)
http://www.nishogakusha-kanbun.net/database/
Reference Materials
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Kangxi zidian (Kangxi Dictionary) Online
http://www.kangxizidian.com/ -
Hanzi Normative Glyphs Database
http://joao-roiz.jp/HNG/ -
Combined Search of Cursive Script and Wooden Tablets Databases
http://clioz39.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ships/ZClient/W34/ -
Handian Dictionary
http://www.zdic.net/ -
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants
http://dict.variants.moe.edu.tw/main.htm -
CHISE IDS Chinese Character Search
http://www.chise.org/ids-find -
Chinese Character Dictionary for Reading Chinese (Online Version)
http://www.seiwatei.net/chinakan/chinakan.cgi -
Four-Corner Method Quick Search
http://sijiao.911cha.com/ -
Rime Table Online
http://www1.lang.osaka-u.ac.jp/user/suzukish/inkyo/index4.htm
Search Guangyun (Rime Dictionary). Results are returned in rime tables. -
Chinese Character Converter (Simplified, traditional, and Japanese forms)
http://www.jcdic.com/chinese_convert/index.php -
Chinese Phonology Online
http://ytenx.org/
Digital images also available. -
Xiaoxuetang (Chinese Character Search)
http://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/