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- 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)
Library catalogs · Bibliographies · Article indexes
- Art Discovery Group Catalogue Cross-searchable
- BHA and RILA Index, 1975-2007 (2008- IBA)
- 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)
- zuroku.jp (The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts)
- Exhibition Catalogues (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties)
- Exhibition Catalogs 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)
- Art Libraries' Consortium (ALC) Cross-Search (Art Libraries' Consortium)
Digital images
- Europeana Collections (European Commission) Cultural heritage
- Google Images Reverse image search available
> Advanced Image Search - 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
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
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
- 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
- Blouin Art Sales Index 1922-
- Christie's Auction Results 1998-
- FindArtInfo.com
- Past Lot Archive (Sotheby's) 1998-
- The Getty Provenance Index Databases 1650-1945