Subject Librarian
David Romney
He/Him/His
Contact:
East Asian Library
Room #208
January Hall
Washington University in St. Louis
Room #208
January Hall
Washington University in St. Louis
314.935.5155
General/Art and Culture
For general instructions on finding images and information on Washington University's digital image collections, read the Finding Images LibGuides created by our Art & Architecture and Modern Graphic History librarians: http://libguides.wustl.edu/findingimages.
- Nara Joshi Daigaku Gazo Genbun Detabesu(奈良女子大学画像データベース)
- World Digital Libraryprimary materials from countries and cultures around the world.
- Trans-Asia Photography ReviewOpen access, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the discussion of photography from Asia.
Rare Materials/National Heritage
- NDL Digitized Contents: Rare Books and Old Materials国立国会図書館デジタル化資料・古典籍資料(貴重書等)
- e Kokuho国立博物館 e国宝
- Cultural Heritage Online文化遺産オンライン
News
- Yomiuri Photo DatabaseThis photographic database contains Yomiuri Shimbun photographs from the 1950s to the present. Since this is a relatively new electronic resource, look for more material to be added in the future.
- Mainichi PhotoBankThe largest digital image database in Japan, the Mainichi PhotoBank contains over 120,000 photographs from the prewar era, and over 200,000 photographs since 1998.
Historical
- Digital Image Collection, Kyoto University(京都大学電子図書館: 貴重資料画像) includes the Meiji Restoration database, National Treasure Konjaku monogatari, Goseibai shikimoku, and Fujikawa collection of medical books.
- East Asia Image Collections: Lafayette College LibrariesAn open-access archive of digitized photographs, negatives, postcards, and slides of imperial Japan (1868-1945), its Asian empire (1895-1945) and occupied Japan (1947-52).
- Metadata Database of Japanese Old Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period(長崎大学付属図書館 幕末・明治期日本古写真メタデータ・データベース)
- Databases: Historiographical Institute, Tokyo University(東京大学史料編纂所データベース)
- Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures近代日本人の肖像 (国立国会図書館)
- Old Photos of JapanA photo blog with photos of Japan between the 1860s and 1930s
Historical Cinema (Still Images)
- NFAJ Digital Gallery / NFAJデジタル展示室Non-film digitized collections of National Film Archive of Japan (NFAJ / 国立映画アーカイブ）(Japanese)
Literature
- Digital Image Collection, Kyoto University京都大学電子図書館: 貴重資料画像
- Digitized Collection: Tsukuba Universitylisting of images from Tsukuba University Library's rare book collection, along with nishiki-e.
- Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre MuseumA nishiki-e database and search engine maintained by the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum at Waseda University.