Japanese Art History Resources

Note: these are resources on Japanese art history in general. For specific historical periods, please use the navigation links at the bottom of this page

Resource Collections
Art History Resources: Japan. Chris Witcombe
CCSF Japanese Links: Culture. CCSF
Internet Resources: Japan. Richard Hooker.
Japan Art Museums Worldwide. Pat Binder & Gerhard Haupt
Japanese Art History Resources. Duke University
Japanese Museum Directory. Artscape
Japanese Resources. University of Wisconsin
Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources. Stanford University
Stockton's Links To Japan: Traditional Arts. J. Larry Stockton
WWW VL: History: Japan.
Yahooligans: Japan. Yahoo Inc.

Online Courses and Exhibits
Aizu History Project. University of Aizu
Archaeology News and Reports from Japan. Niigata Prefectural Museum
Asian Historical Architecture: A Photographic Survey. Timothy Ciccone
Brief Timeline of Japanese History. Unidentified author
Buddhist Images . Takeji Iwamiya
Castles of Japan. Takashi Toyooka
A Chronology of Japanese History. David Turkington
Images from Japan. Jamie Marconi
Introduction to Asian Art. Katheryn Linduff
Japan's Art, Literature, and Performing Arts. Masahide Kanzaki
Japanese Art. Artelino.com
Japanese Costume. MIT
Japanese History Overview. Japan-guide.com
Kabuki for Everyone. Ichimura Manjiro
Kansai Digital Archives & Rekishi Kaido. Kansai Institute of Information Systems
Look Into Japan. Japan National Tourist Organization
Meiji-Era Architecture. Museum Meiji-Mura
The Samurai Archives. C.E. West and F.W. Seal
Shrines And Temples Of Japan. Mike Gunther.
Terebess Asia Online. G. Terebess
Timeline of Japanese Pottery. Japanese Pottery Information Center
Virtual Edo. Matsushima Ken
The Virtual Museum of Japanese Arts. Japan Information Network
WebMuseum: Japanese Art And Architecture. Nicolas Pioch
World Art Treasures: Japan. Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation

Religions

Shinto

Shinto

Shinto Online Network Association

Buddhism (general)
World Cultures: Buddhism. Richard Hooker
Japanese Buddhism: An Historical Overview. Aizu History Project
Journal of Buddhist Ethics. Damien Keown and Charles Prebish
Buddhism In Noh. Royall Tyler, JJRS 1987 14/1

Zen
Zen Buddhism. Richard Hooker (World Cultures)
Zen@MetaLab. Ben Walter & Adam Fuller
Zen Stories to Tell Your Neighbors. John Suler
The Ten Bulls. Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps

Online Collections of Japanese Art in Museums
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Asia Society Museum of New York
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
British Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Detroit Institute of Arts
Freer and Sackler Galleries
Kimbell Art Museum
Kyoto National Museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of New York
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Musée Guimet
Tokugawa Art Museum
Tokyo National Museum

[last updated September 9, 2005]