- A Reader's Guide to the Arts of Japan - Extensive bibliography sponsored by the Asia Society. Catalogues printed works only.
www.asiasociety.org/arts/japan_guide
- About Mingei - Short history of the beginning of the folk arts movement in 20th century Japan.
www.trocadero.com/stores/blueandwhiteamerica/amingei.htm
- Art of Japan - Educational and interactive website featuring information on origami, architecture, sculpture, Japanese gardens, and painting.
library.advanced.org/27458
- Edo-Tokyo Museum - Presents 400 years of Edo/Tokyo history. Collection includes original artifacts and reproductions.
www.dnp.co.jp/museum/edo/edo-e.html
- Explore Japan: Japanese Gardens And Culture - Explore Japanese culture, art, crafts, Japanese gardens, Zen gardens, food and lifestyle.
www.explorejapan.com
- Handicrafts - Short discussion of traditional crafts in the twentieth century.
lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+jp0125)
- History of Japanese Incense - Educational webpage on the history and evolution of Japanese incense ceremonies and culture.
www.japanese-incense.com
- Introduction to Japanese Traditional Arts - Theater arts, fine arts and literature, with links.
www.kanzaki.com/jinfo/jart.html
- Japanese Art Gallery Gemini - Specialiced in netsuke, tsuba, inro, Asian furniture, ukiyo-e, and bronzes.
www.gemini-galerie.de
- Japanese Art in the Asia Society Collection - Exhibition of more than 25 objects in the collection. With a QuickTime tour, a more linear progression through the exhibition, and bibliography of Japanese art.
www.AsiaSociety.org/arts/japan
- Japanese Artistic Traditions - Discussion of aesthetic concepts, and of the activities of the Department of Cultural Affairs, established in 1968.
lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query2/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+jp0118)
- Japanese Folk Toys - Not Just Child's Play - Examples from the collection of the California Academy of Science.
www.calacademy.org/research/anthropology/japanese
- Japanese Kimono - Learn about Japanese kimono, fabrics, patterns, kimono robes, yukata, how to wear a kimono, and accessories.
www.japanesekimono.com
- Kasukabe Crafts and Specialities - Pictures and explanation of hagoita battledores, paulownia wood chests and boxes, and straw hats and bags.
www5.big.or.jp/~kifa/eg/kasukabe/special.html
- Michi Online: Journal of Japanese Cultural Arts - Magazine, links, and resources for everyone interested in Japanese arts, culture, and meditation, from aikido to Zen.
www.michionline.org
- Osaka Cyber Museum - Takeji Iwamiya's photos of the artifacts of traditional Japanese culture.
www.kpn.nishi.osaka.jp/iwamiya/2.html
- Premodern Japanese Studies - Homepage of Premodern Japanese Studies listserv for those with research interest in older periods of art, history, religion and culture. Has bibliography, translations, studies and archives.
www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~watson/pmjs.html
- Rekishi-Kaido - A guide to the history and traditional culture of the Kansai region.
www.kiis.or.jp/rekishi/kaido-e.html
- San Diego Museum of Art: Permanent Collection - Only one illustration from each category of the Japanese collection (painting, lacquer, armor, etc.), but text description includes a history of each category, as well as of the particular work displayed.
cgi.www.sandiegomuseum.org/cgi-bin/www.sandiegomuseum.org/image.pl?mode=&catalogue=59022&Axis=Catalogues&highlightCatSubSection=farEastern
- Special Exhibition at the MOA Museum of Art - Exhibition of works from the Edo period reflecting the Japanese view of nature. Illustrated, with explanations.
www.moa-inter.or.jp/english/setsugekka/setsu-contents.html
- The Costume Museum - The Rebirth of The Tale of Genji - Kyoto Museum containing Japanese costumes from all eras. Illustrated samples from the Heian period exhibit. Includes a page on The Tale of Genji Museum.
www.iz2.or.jp/english/index.htm
- Traditional Crafts of Japan - A presentation of all the traditional craft industries of Japan.
www.wnn.or.jp/wnn-craft/eng
- Traditional Infuences on Contemporary Sculpture - Description of Japanese sculpture from "American Memory" - Historical Collections for the National Digital Library [Japan - a country study].
lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+jp0120)
- Visual Arts - Overview of history from stone-age beginnings to contemporary.
www.jinjapan.org/today/culture/culture5.html
- Whale Meat in the Traditional Japanese Diet - From the Jomon period to 1987.
luna.pos.to/whale/jwa_trad.html
- World Art Treasures - Slides from the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation collection, illustrating Berger's idea of the fundamental aspects of Japanese art. Mostly sculpture.
sgwww.epfl.ch/berger/First/english/start_japan.html
- Edo Japan - A Virtual Tour - Take a tour through Tokyo during the period of the Tokugawa shoguns, and learn about the history of Japan's greatest city. Illustrated by ukiyo-e images, the text discusses the traditions that underlie Japanese culture.
www.us-japan.org/edomatsu
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