East Asian Languages and Cultures
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EALC 2785: Conceiving Japan
This page features resources for the course EALC-2785: Conceiving Japan. You can find more by searching the Library catalogue, or look up databases and journals by title.
Suggested Keywords:
- Cartography Japan history
- Early modern Japan
- Edo period
- Japan historical geography
- Japan maps history
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Tokugawa period
Historical Map Databases
- Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era @ UBCOne of the world's largest collections of privately published and travel related maps and guides from the Tokugawa period, ca. 1600-1868.
- Japanese Historical Map Collection @ UC BerkleyOver 1900 images digitized from a collection of early Japanese maps.
- Japanese Maps Collection (University of Manchester)Includes images of cartographic materials and the digital exhibition, "Travels in Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868): a Virtual Journey".
- Old Japanese Map Tutorial @ University of ZurichThis tutorial covers eighth to the nineteenth century Japanese maps and the cultures from which they emerged.
Scholarly Journals
- Early Modern JapanAn interdisciplinary, international community of specialists of early modern Japan (ca. late 16th to late 19th century) [that] publishes scholarly essays, translations, essays on teaching about early modern Japan, academic news, and book reviews.
- Japan ForumThe leading European journal in the multidisciplinary field of Japanese Studies, publishes original research in subject areas ranging from archaeology, language, literature, philosophy and culture to history, economics, politics, international relations and law.
- The Journal of Japanese StudiesA multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary forum for communicating new information, interpretations, and research on Japan.
- Monumenta NipponicaFounded by Sophia University in 1938, Monumenta Nipponica is an English-language peer-reviewed journal that publishes outstanding research and translations, as well as authoritative book reviews, in premodern and modern Japanese studies.