Paramount prewar period research materials chronicling the historical traces of successive emperors from Emperor Jinmu to the 121st Emperor Komei, as well as five emperors of the Northern Court, the empresses and consorts, relatives of the emperors, and imperial princesses. Compiled and edited by the Department of the Imperial Household in the pre-war period. This is available through JapanKnowledge platform.
Japanese Studies
Includes the records of books and journals held in university libraries throughout Japan.
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This is a Japanese newspaper database provided by Yomiuri Shinbun (読売新聞). This includes more than 10 million newspaper articles since its inception in 1874. This database also contains the regional editions of Yomiuri Shinbun from 1933-2001, Contemporary Who’s Who of key persons in Japan, and the English version of Yomiuri Shinbun, The Japan News, since 1989. This database also features Japanese dictionary, English-Japanese dictionary, Japanese-English dictionary and Imidasu (current words) to help you with searching and reading.
Index database for Japanese magazines and scholarly journals published from the Meiji era to the present. Pre-1945 records include publications in former colonial areas of Japan. (Restricted to 55 simultaneous users (shared with Japanese Studies consortium)).