Japanese Literature

Library catalogs / Bibliographies and indexes / Bibliographies of translations / Full-text databases / Authors / Links etc.

Library catalogs

• RUNNERS Ritsumeikan Online Public Access Catalog　　　Hakuyoso Collection（Modern waka）
• Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature
  • Books and Periodicals Search
  • Special Collection Search　　　Diaries, scripts, other collections. Registration and reservation are required.
• Showa Women's University Library　　　Modern literary magazines
• The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature
• The Museum of Contemporary Japanese Poetry, Tanka, and Haiku　　　Literary coterie magazines, Meiji era-
• Japanese today paper moment literary house （Kaizu City）　　　Vanity publications and literary coterie magazines
• Museum of Haiku Literature Library　　　Books and magazines on haiku

Local museum of literature

• National Association of Literature Museum Document Search
• The Museum of Modern Aomori Literature

Bibliographies and indexes

• Overseas, Tale of Genji and Heian Literature Article Index
• Contents of Complete Works
• National Institute of Japanese Literature Database
  • Database of Research Thesis in Japanese Literature
  • Fragmentary Manuscripts Database of Japan
• Kanbun Database （Nishogakusha University）　　　Japanese kanbun and Chinese classics published in Japan
• Chronology of Japanese Poetry after World War II　　　1945-2008
• Picture book database（Naruto University of Education Library）

Bibliographies of translations

• Index Translationum （UNESCO）　　　
• premodern Japanese texts and translations　　　-1600
• Database of Translated Works of Japanese Literature （Japan Foundation）　　　Postwar
• Translation, Tale of Genji and Heian Literature Articles Index

Full-text databases

• Google Books
• Aozora Bunko
• Database of Modern Haiku （Gendai Haiku Association）　　　Prize-winning works, Meiji era-
• Full-text Database of Selection from Early Japanese Books （National Institute of Japanese Literature）　　　Imperial anthologies of Japanese poetry, Japanese history books, etc.
• JapanKnowledge Lib　　　※Subscription database for on-site use only
  • Shinpen Kokka Taikan, The Complete Collections of Japanese Classical Literature (Shogakukan)
• Association of Haiku Poets & Museum of Haiku Literature Haiku Search　　　Prize-winning works, 2010-
• Yatanavi
• Center for Kojiki Studies, Kokugakuin University　　　Full-text Database of Kojiki Database of names of Japanese gods, clans, and imperial mausoleums
• Renga Database（International Research Center for Japanese Studies）　　　to the end of Edo period
• Database of Modern Japanese Tanka

Image database

• Database of Books about Renga and Haikai (From the Syachiku, Chikurei, and Chiju Collections） （The University of Tokyo）

Authors

• "Encyclopedia of Children's Literature" electronic version
• List of authors whose copyrights have expired （Aozora Bunko）
• The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature Photo Collection Search
• Bungakusya Soutairoku

Links etc.

• How to Look for and Find Book Reviews in Japanese (Search Guide) （National Diet Library）
• Search Guide to Finding Newspaper Novels （National Diet Library）
• Dictionary of Narrative Elements