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ASIAN 433/833: The Spectacular Culture of Early Modern Japan (Fall 2024) : Selected Visual Resources for Japan
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Japanese Prints Books
- Edward Burr Van Vleck collection of Japanese prints352-page book of color prints
- Competition and collaboration : Japanese prints of the Utagawa School231-page book of prints
Selected Visual Resources for Japan
Some of the material you find in these sources will be in the public domain and some will require permission for re-uses that fall outside of fair use.
- British MuseumIncludes over 32,000 items representing the full range of Japanese Art.
- International Research Center for Japanese StudiesDatabases and resources of this inter-university research institute of the Ministry of Education with the goals of carrying out international, scholarly, and interdisciplinary research on Japanese culture, and providing research support to Japan studies scholars around the world.
- Library of Congress' Fine Prints, Japanese pre-19152,500 Japanese woodblock prints and drawings dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries.
- National Diet Library Digital CollectionExtensive digital collection including books and audio and video recordings.
- Ōta Memorial Museum of ArtSelected images from this extensive collection of ukiyo-e works
- Ritsumeikan University, Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Cultures (DH-JAC)Resources for conducting synthetic research in digital humanities concerning Japanese arts and cultures
- Tokyo Metropolitan Library, EDO TOKYO Digital MuseumResources related to the history and culture of Edo/Tokyo
- University of Pittsburgh University Library System's Barry Rosensteel Japanese Print CollectionThe Barry Rosensteel Japanese Print Collection contains 126 wood block prints. While the earliest print dates to 1760, most of the prints were produced in the 1800s, while others were created in the 1900s.
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, E. B. Van Vleck Collection of Japanese PrintsAn internationally-renowned collection that includes more than 2000 prints by Hiroshige from the 1800s. The collection also includes works by Hiroshige’s contemporaries including Hokusai, Utamaro, earlier artists such as Harunobu, and later generations of printmakers including Hasui and the Yoshida family. See also print catalogue, The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese prints.
Lists of Sources for Japanese Art and Visual Resources
- Visual Resources for Japan, Duke University LibrariesA collection of filterable visual resources for Japan (e.g., maps, prints, photographs, etc.).
- Japanese Digital Resources: Art, University of PennsylvaniaA guide to mostly free online resources and software that facilitates Japanese research and study, including image databases, illustrated books, and reference material.
- Image Use Protocol: Finding Images, North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library ResourcesWebsites for images by institution and image type.