People and portraits
Indexes etc. / Surnames / Portraits
- World Biographical Information System (WBIS) Online ※Subscription database for on-site use only
- Kotobank
- Asahi Dictionary of Japanese Historical Figures, Dictionary of Notable Edo-Tokyo Figures, Dictionary of Notable Entertainers, Who's Who of Non-Japanese , Dictionary of Japanese Politicians, Celebrity Data Bank, Dictionary of Notable Western Figures of the Twentieth-Century, Dictionary of Notable Japanese Figures of the Twentieth-Century, The Biographical Dictionary of Japan
- Biography Bibliography Database (Jige Kaden / Haga Jinmei Jiten)
(National Institute of Japanese Literature)
- JapanKnowledge Lib ※Subscription database for on-site use only
- JK Who's Who, Dictionary of Japanese Fictional and Legendary Characters, The Biographical Dictionary of Japan
- Bibliography of Japanese Biographical Information (Humanities) Database (National Diet Library)
- Japan Biographical Database
(Sophia University)
Early modern period (Person of letters, etc.)
- Kinsei Kijinden (Biographical Database of Unusual Individuals)
(International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
- Kokugaku Personalities Database
(Kokugakuin University) "Wagakusha Soran"
- A regional database of Dutch scholars and their students
(National Museum of Japanese History)
- Biography Bibliography Database (Jige Kaden / Haga Jinmei Jiten)
(National Institute of Japanese Literature)
- Heian Jinbutsushi (Biographical Database of Individuals from the Heian Era)
(International Research Center for Japanese Studies) Edo era
Modern period (Government officials, etc.)
- Korean History Database
Government-General of Korea and affiliated government personnel list (1910-1943), searchable with Japanese kanji
- Meiji Restoration Collection
(Kyoto University)
- Bibliography of Persons in Modern Japanese Politics (National Diet Library)
- Lexikon Japans Studierende
- Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures (Online Gallery)
(National Diet Library)
- Kokugaku Personalities Database
(Kokugakuin University) "Wagakusha Soran"
- National Archives of Japan Digital Archive Cross Search
- Japanese Who's Who Record "JINJI KOSHINROKU"
(Nagoya University) 1st,4th,8th ed.
- Taiwan Sotokufu Personnel Directory
Government-General of Taiwan personnel list (1896-1944), not searchable with Japanese kanji
- Tokyo Telephone Directory
1926-1942
- Directory of Ministry of Education Officials Database
Data of "Directory of Ministry of Education Officials" 1872-1892, "Directory of Government Officials" 1894-1943
- Japanese missionaries in colonial Korea
(Shikoku Gakuin University)
- Pioneros ver. 2.2: Database of Japanese immigrants to Peru (1899-1941)
(Asociación Peruano Japonesa, Japanese Overseas Migration Museum)
- Database of Meiji era bureaucrats and government posts on the web
(Kagoshima University)
Indexes etc.
- Bibliography of Persons in Modern Japanese Politics (National Diet Library)
- Contemporary Writers of Japan
- Koseisha Database Compendium of Information on Japanese Personages
- JapanKnowledge Lib ※Subscription database for on-site use only
> Bibliography of Japanese Biographies - Bibliography and Database of People by Regional (Search Guide) (National Diet Library)
- Bibliography of Japanese Biographical Information (Humanities) Database (National Diet Library)
Newspaper articles
Surnames
- Map of familly names
(Ritsumeikan University)
Portraits
Digital images
- National Portrait Gallery
- Meiji Restoration Collection
(Kyoto University) Includes some portraits
- Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures (Online Gallery)
(National Diet Library)
- National Diet Library Digital Collections
"集古十種""前賢故実""大日本名家肖像集"
- Historiographical Institute, The University of Tokyo Database
- Database of old photographs
- Database of portrait reproductions
- Historical Figure Image Database
(National Institute of Japanese Literature)
Portrait indexes
- Bibliography of Persons in Modern Japanese Politics (National Diet Library)
- Historiographical Institute, The University of Tokyo Database
- Location-information database of portraits
- Bibliography of Japanese Biographical Information (Humanities) Database (National Diet Library)