Useful Websites
Here is a list of selected useful websites for research on modern Japanese literature:
- Aozora Bunko 青空文庫: Modern Japanese literary works in full-text
- Hiroshima Peace Museum
- Japan Air Raids
- Japanese Literature in Translation Search = 日本文学翻訳書誌検索: A database of translations of literary works into a variety of languages; maintained by the Japan Foundation
- Journal of Literature and Trauma Studies
- Kindai Dejitaru Raiburarī 近代デジタルライブラリー = Digital Library from the Meiji Era: Full-text works published during the Meiji period and owned by the National Diet Library
- Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
Japanese Language Dictionaries
Here is a short list of basic dictionaries for Japanese language:
Chiezō 知恵蔵: A handy source to look up contemporary terminology. The latest issue is offered in Asahi Kikuzo II Visual.
Dai Kan-Wa jiten 大漢和辞典 / 諸橋轍次著: The most comprehensive dictionary of Chinese characters from Japan (ca. 50,000 characters with ca. 500,000 word entries). 語彙索引 in Japanese alphabetical order is also available.
Gendai yōgo no kiso chisiki 現代用語の基礎知識: A handy source to look up contemporary terminology. The latest issue is offered in JapanKnowledge.
New Nelson Japanese-English character dictionary / by John H. Haig: A completely revised, new Nelson dictionary (The modern reader's Japanese-English character dictionary / Andrew Nathaniel Nelson).
Nihon hōgen daijiten 日本方言大辞典 / 編集 尚学図書: Lists words in dialects in Japanese alphabetical order. For finding dialects from standard words, use 標準語引き日本方言辞典.
Nihon kokugo daijiten (dai 2-han) 日本国語大辞典 (第2版): The most comprehensive dictionary of Japanese language (ca. 500,000 entries). Provides meanings, usages in old literary or historical works, variations of words in dialects, etc. A more updated online version of the dictionary is available via JapanKnowledge.
Reading Tutor リーディング チュウ太: A collection of links for learning Japanese language.
Rikai: Program for learning Japanese, which also provides readings and definitions of Chinese characters in English; created by Todd David Rudick utilizing the resources made available by Jim Breen and his EDICT Project.
Weblio: Supports translation from Japanese to other languages.
Reference Books
Here is a list of selected reference materials:
Gendai bungaku kenkyū jiten 現代文学研究事典 / Ōkubo Tsuneo, Takahashi Haruo hen. Call No.: East Asian PL726.65 .G4
Gendai josei sakka kenkyū jiten 現代女性作家研究事典 / Kawamura Minato, Hara Zen hen. Call No.: East Asian PL725 .G46 2001
Gendai Nihon bungaku sōran shirīzu 現代日本文学綜覧シリーズ. Call No.: East Asian Ref. Z3308.L5 G46 1982
Guide to Japanese drama / Leonard C. Pronko. Call No.: Main (Gardner) Stacks PL734.A12 P7 1984
Guide to Japanese poetry / J. Thomas Rimer and Robert E. Morrell. Call No.: Main (Gardner) Stacks PL782.E3 A12 R5, 1984
Guide to Japanese prose / Alfred H. Marks and Barry D. Bort. Call No.: Main (Gardner) Stacks PL782.E8 A12 M3, 1984
Nihon gendai bungaku daijiten 日本現代文学大事典 / hensha Miyoshi Yukio ... [et al.]. Call No.: East Asian PL726.6 .N48 1994
Nihon gendai shōsetsu daijiten 日本現代小說大事典 / Asai Kiyoshi, Satō Masaru hen. Call No.: East Asian Ready Ref. PL747.55 .N54 2004
Sakka shōsetsuka jinmei jiten 作家・小說家 人名 事典. Call No.: East Asian Ref. PL723 .S315 1990
Shinpan Nihon bungaku dainenpyō 新版日本文学大年表 / 市古貞次, 久保田淳編. Call No.: East Asian Ref. PL719.5 .S55 2002
Shōwa bungaku nenpyō 昭和文学年表 / 監修 谷沢永一 ; 編集 浦西和彥, 青山毅. Call No.: East Asian PL726.65 .U725 1995