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- Aichi Arts Center Art Library Material Search
- Research Guides
(The National Museum of Western Art) Search guides, links
- Database List
(Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)
- TOBUNKEN Research Collections
Library catalogs, indexes, exhibition catalogs, and others. Cross-searchable
- Art Literature Guide
(the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
- SHUZO: Search collections of museums all over the country
(ART PLATFORM JAPAN(β))
- Artwords
(DNP Art Communications)
Library catalogs · Bibliographies · Article indexes
- Art Discovery Group Catalogue
Cross-searchable
- OpenBibArt
- ProQuest Basic Search ARTbibliographies Modern, Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA), Design and Applied Arts Index, International Bibliography of Art (IBA), etc. ※Subscription database for on-site use only
- Worldwide Books: Exhibition Catalogues and Art Books
U.S.-based collection of art books, 1992-
- Japan Art Documentation Society Bibliography Database
- Art Libraries' Consortium (ALC) Cross-Search
(Art Libraries' Consortium)
Exhibition catalogs
- Art Discovery Group Catalogue
Cross-searchable
- Worldwide Books: Exhibition Catalogues and Art Books
1960s-
- Makoto Kato Collection of art exhibition catalogs (Search Guide) (National Diet Library)
- Exhibition Catalogues
(Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties)
- Exhibition Catalogues Database
(Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)
- Records of Art Exhibitions in Japan 1945-2005
(The National Art Center, Tokyo)
- Exposition Material Collection
Meiji era-
- Art Exhibitions
(Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties)
- Art Libraries' Consortium (ALC) Cross-Search
(Art Libraries' Consortium)
Catalogues raisonnes
- Art Discovery Group Catalogue
Cross-searchable
- Catalogues Raisonnes
(International Foundation for Art Research)
- Search Oeuvre Catalogues
(Print Council of America)
- Art Libraries' Consortium (ALC) Cross-Search
(Art Libraries' Consortium)
Digital images
- Europeana Collections
(European Commission) Cultural heritage
- Image Archives
- Images Online
(British Library) Cultural heritage
- Olga's Gallery
- TinEye Reverse Image Search
Reverse image search available
- Web Gallery of Art
- World Digital Library
(Library of Congress) Cultural heritage
- Digital Public Library of America
Colored woodblock prints
- Japanese Woodblock Print Search : Ukiyo-e Search
Reverse image search available
> Sources of Japanese Woodblock Prints : Ukiyo-e Search"Other Sources" = worldwide links
- Ukiyo-e Portal Database
(Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)
- Kumon Museum of Children's Ukiyo-e
Children in ukiyo-e, omocha-e
- National Diet Library Digital Collections Rare Books and Old Materials
- Historiographical Institute, The University of Tokyo Database
> Database of the Nishikie No images are available for content from the Shizuoka Prefectural Central Library or the Yokohama Archives of History - Ukiyoe Caricatures
(University of Vienna) 1842-1905
- Hankyu Culture Archives : Colored Woodblock Prints and Playbills
Portraits of kabuki actors
- Sumo database
Pictures of sumo, ranking of sumo westlers
- Cosmetics Culture Database
Ukiyo-e
- New Ukiyo-e Research Database
- Jitsugyoshi Ebiki (Business History Image Index)
Meiji era
National treasures and cultural properties
- ColBase Integrated Collections Database of the National Museums, Japan
(National Institutes for Cultural Heritage)
- e-Museum
(National Institutes for Cultural Heritage)
- National Cultural Properties Database
(Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- Artist Search
(Japan Kogei Association)
- Shosoin Search
- Cultural Heritage Database
(Agency for Cultural Affairs)
Basic information on works
- Art cyclopedia
Searchable by name of artists or title of artworks, numerous links related to art
- Open GadaiWiki
(Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)
- A Comprehensive Database of Japanese Shunga in the Edo Period
(Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)
- Fragmentary Manuscripts Database of Japan
(National Institute of Japanese Literature)
- Union Catalog of the Collections of the National Art Museums, Japan
(National Museum of Art)
- Chinese Painting Information Database
(Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo) "Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings", except China and Taiwan
Artists
- Union List of Artist Names
(Getty)
- Artis Japan.net
- Document Archive of Colored Woodblock Prints ; List of Artist Names
- Directory of Modern Print Artists (1900-1945)
- Artist Search
(Japan Kogei Association) Living National Treasures
- Shibunkaku Artist Search
- Obituaries
(Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties)
Auctions
- Auction Artworks
(Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties)
- Christie's Auction Results
1998-
- FindArtInfo.com
- Auction & Sales Result (Sotheby's)
- The Getty Provenance Index Databases
1650-1945