Ancient Japan

Finding Resources in BearCAT

To find sources on ancient Japan, search
with these Library of Congress Subject Headings:

General Resources

Bowring, Richard, and Peter Kornicki, ed. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Reference Collection 952 B68

Dower, John W., with Timothy S. George. Japanese History and Culture from Ancient to Modern Times: Seven Basic Bibliographies, 2nd ed. Princeton, New Jersey: Markus Wiener, 1995. Reference Collection 952.016 D75

Embree, Ainslie T., ed. Encyclopedia of Asian History. New York: Scribner, 1988. Reference Collection 950 En1 v.1-4

Hall, John W., ed. The Cambridge History of Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Reference Collection 952 C14 v.1-6

Hane, Mikiso. Premodern Japan: A Historical Survey. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1991. 952 H19

Koopmans-de Bruijn, Ria. Area Bibliography of Japan . Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1998. Reference Collection 952.016 K83

Pearson, Richard. Ancient Japan. New York: G. Braziller, 1992. 952.01 P31

Mason, R. H. P., and J. G. Caiger. A History of Japan . New York: Free Press, 1974. 952 M38

Shulman, Frank Joseph. Japan. Oxford: Clio Press, 1989. Reference Collection 952.016 Sh9

Theodore de Bary, W., ed. Sources of Japanese Tradition, 2nd ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. 952 So8 v.1-2

Culture and Daily Life

Crihfield Dalby, Liza. Kimono: Fashioning Culture. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1993. 746.92 D15

Dunn, C. J. Everyday Life in Traditional Japan. Tokyo: C.E. Tuttle Co., 1972. 952.025 D92

Duus, Peter. Feudalism in Japan, 2 nd ed. New York: Knopf, 1976. 952.02 D95

Morris, Ivan. The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan . Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1985. 952.01 M83

Sansom, G. B. Japan: A Short Cultural History. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1978. 952 Sa58

Suzuki, Daisetz T. Zen Buddhism and its Influence on Japanese Culture. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1993. 294.3 Su9

Tanabe, Jr., George J., ed. Religions of Japan in Practice. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1999. 299.0952 T15

Time-Life Books, ed. What Life was Like Among Samurai and Shoguns: Japan, AD 1000-1700. Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1999. 952 W55

Periods/Dynasties

Elison, George, and Bardwell L. Smith, ed. Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century. Honolulu, Hawaii: University Press of Hawaii, 1981. 952.02 W23

Hempel, Rose. The Golden Age of Japan, 794-1192. Translated by Katherine Watson. New York: Rizzoli, 1983. 709.52 H37

Keene, Donald. Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion: The Creation of the Soul of Japan. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. 952.02 Y8K

Shimizu, Yoshiaki, ed. Japan: The Shaping of Daimyo Culture, 1185-1868. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1988. 952.02 J27

Sinclaire, Clive. Samurai: The Weapons and Spirit of the Japanese Warrior. Guilford, Connecticut: Lyons Press, 2001. 739.722 Si6

Turnbull, Stephen. Samurai Invasion: Japan's Korean War, 1592-98. London: Cassell & Co., 2002. 951.902 T84

Database/Online Resources

EBSCOhost Advanced Placement Source—This database is a collection of full-text articles from over 6,100 journals. The articles are a mix of scholarly journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. Advanced Placement Source contains over 400 journals that focus on the humanities. EBSCOhost has the ability to search by Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).

JSTOR — JSTOR is short for Journal Storage. JSTOR is a collection of over 900 full-text scholarly journals. JSTOR contains complete backfiles for each journal with a moving window that averages around 5 years. This means JSTOR, for a particular journal, will have the journals first issue up until about five years from now. Subject areas vary in JSTOR, but its main focus is on the humanities, with 15 journals that focus on Asian Studies.

Project Muse—Project Muse is published by John Hopkins University. Muse is a collection of over 300 full-text scholarly journals. The coverage in Muse is current. Most of the journals’ coverage is five to ten years. As with JSTOR, Project Muse focuses on the humanities, with 16 journals that focus on Asian Studies. Muse has the ability to search by Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).

Oxford Reference Online Premium— This database lets the student search over 100 Oxford University Press reference books at the same time. There are over 20 books that focus on history. Books relevant to Ancient Japan are The Dynasties of the World, A Dictionary of Asian Mythology, and A Dictionary of Buddhism.

Websites

Internet East Asian History Sourcebook — Fordham University. This sourcebook is an index of traditional Japanese History Internet resources.
URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html#Japan

National Museum of Japanese History — This museum sites offers an overview of close to fifty present and prior exhibits at the museum. Each online exhibit gives an overview of the content with samples of the exhibit collection. Additionally, the site provides links to other Japanese museums.
URL: http://www.rekihaku.ac.jp/index_ne.html

World Civilizations: Ancient Japan — Washington State University. This resource offers a comprehensive overview of Ancient Japan broken up into periods. Other features include a gallery, timeline, atlas, and a list of other Internet resources.
URL: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ANCJAPAN/CONTENTS.HTM

WWW-VL: History: Japan — Stanford University. This resource is an index of Japanese History Internet resources. It provides an extensive list of resources organized by dynasty.
URL:http://vlib.iue.it/history/asia/Japan/japan.html

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