Dance and Theatre
Classical performing arts / Western ・ Contemporary
Classical performing arts
- The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum Digital Archives Collection
（Waseda University） Library catalogs, playbills, scripts, etc. Cross-searchable - Database List （Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University）
Basic information on works
- Kabuki Performance Database
- Noh Performance Programs owned by RCCPA （Kobe Women's University）
- Cultural Digital Library : Performance Records （Japan Arts Council）
- Misemono Database Late Edo era
Library catalogs ・ Bibliographies ・ Indexes
- Research Center of Classic Performing Arts, Kobe Women's University : Collection Search Tachibana Bunko Collection, etc.
- Chikamatsu Drama Research Institute （Sonoda Women's University） Joruri,Kabuki
＞ Bibliography Database of Research on Early Modern Period Drama 1983-1988
＞ Bibliography Database of Classical Japanese Drama and Early Modern Period Literature 1990- mid-2004
＞ Contents Database of Joruri - Japan Arts Council Collection Search National Theatre, National Noh Theatre, National Bunraku Theatre
- How to Search Translations of Noh and Kyogen, Website (Search Guide) （National Diet Library）
- References on Cultural Properties （Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties） "Yokyoku kai""Nohgaku gahou""Makuma", etc.
- Database of Book Catalogues about Puppet Play Bunraku,Joruri
Playbills
- TOKYO Archive （Tokyo Metropolitan Library）
- Digitized Playbill Database （University of Tokyo）
- Shochiku Otani Library Collection, Shibai Banzuke Browsing System -1944
- Historiographical Institute, The University of Tokyo Database
＞ Database of the Surimono Select "項目検索" and check "番附" in 形態分類, "芝居・浄瑠璃・歌謡" in 内容分類 - Union Catalogue Database of Japanese Texts（National Institute of Japanese Literature） Select"Search Work", Input "番附" in Category field
- Hankyu Culture Archives : Colored Woodblock Prints and Playbills Select "番付/すべて" in "詳細検索", select "番付/役割" if you want to search "役割番付"
- Shibai Banzuke (Kabuki Playbills) Portal Database （Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University）
- Cultural Digital Library : Bunraku Materials (Playbills) （Japan Arts Council） 1891-1959
Scripts
- Shochiku Otani Library Collection, GHQ-censored Scripts Browsing System Kabuki
- Shochiku Otani Library Collection, Gidayu Scripts Browsing System
- Noh Chant Books (Utaibon) （Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University）
- Collection of Thwacking Boards or Blocks for Printing Utaibon owned previously by the Hinoki Shoten （Kobe Women's University） Utaibon
Digital sound recordings
- Historical Recordings Collection （National Diet Library）
- Rōkyoku (Naniwabushi) Digital Archive （International Research Center for Japanese Studies）
Western ・ Contemporary
Basic information on works
- JAPAN 2.5-DIMENSIONAL MUSICAL ARCHIVES (JAPAN 2.5-DIMENSIONAL MUSICAL ASSOCIATION)
- Contemporary Theatrical Performance Records （Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University）
- ACL Contemporary Theater Criticism Archive
- Ballet Archive （Showa University of Music） Domestic performance, 1940s-
- Chronological database of performances of traditional Japanese theater （Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University） Joruri, Kabuki, Shimpa, Shingeki
Library catalogs ・ Bibliographies ・ Indexes
- Ikeda Bunko Takarazuka Revue, article index available
- Japan Arts Council Collection Search New National Theater, Tokyo
- Database of Book Catalogues about Puppet Play including books and pamphlets from outside Japan
Scripts
- Simply Scripts
- Contemporary Theatrical Performance Records （Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University）
- Theater League Scenario League
- ZA-KOENJI Public Theatre Archive
- Japan Arts Council Collection Search New National Theater, Tokyo
- Japanese Drama Database （The Japan Foundation）
- Playtext Digital Archives
Pamphlets
- Eiryo Ashihara Collection (Search Guide) （National Diet Library） Ballet, drama and circus ※Permission is required to use some materials out of this collection.
- Contemporary Theatrical Performance Records （Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University）
- Suruga-ya
- Japan Arts Council Collection Search New National Theater, Tokyo
Digital sound recordings
- Historical Recordings Collection （National Diet Library）
