Japanese Collections

Handout for Prof. Andrews’ Art of Japan (History of Art 582) course on October 25, 2010:

Bibliography and Research Methods for Japanese Art History

1. ROMANIZATION: Hint: Stay consistent in one system of romanization!

Libraries use Modified Hepburn romanization, following the Library of Congress. LC’s hints: http://catalog.loc.gov/help/japanese-unicode.htm
Many systems are used to romanize Japanese. Search in multiple ways: https://library.osu.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Romanization

2. GENERAL:

Fine Arts Library: Amanda Gluibizzi’s information on searching Art and History of Art:
http://library.osu.edu/find/subject/art-and-history-of-art/

Japanese Studies Library: wiki project includes Japanese art history information–

• Overview:
  https://library.osu.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Japanese_Art_History
• Topics:
  https://library.osu.edu/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_East_Asian_art_history_topics
• List of Journals:
  https://library.osu.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Japanese_Art_History_Resources_in_the_Ohio_State_University_Library
• Index of Nihon no Bijutsu: (monthly journal, with each issue on a particular topic)
  https://library.osu.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Nihon_no_Bijutsu
• Museums:
  https://library.osu.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Japanese_Museums

3. ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES (Selected):

• JAANUS Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/
• Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan (DS805 .K633 1983 – Thompson Lib Grand R Rm)
  Online: in Japan Knowledge http://library.ohio-state.edu/search/y?Japan+Knowledge
  Click “ENTER” button (upper R); uncheck all boxes except Encyclopedia of Japan
  CD-ROM version available for check out: DS805 .E53 1999 Computer file
• Encyclopedia of Religion http://library.ohio-state.edu/search/y?Encyclopedia+of+Religion

4. RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND DBS (Selected):

* Selective Bibliography:
John Dower. Japanese history and culture from ancient to modern times (1995)
(THO Grand R Rm: Z3306 .D69 1995)
* Catalogs:

• • Ohio State’s Library catalog: http://library.ohio-state.edu/
  • OhioLINK: http://olc1.ohiolink.edu/search/
  • OCLC Worldcat or http://www.worldcat.org/
    http:/library.ohio-state.edu.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/record=e1000379

*OCLC statistics: http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/statistics/default.asp
http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/statistics/charts/languagecloud.htm

* Indexes:

• • Bibliography for Asian Studies
    • • Online version covers 1971+ http://library.ohio-state.edu/record=e1000093

    Use printed bibliographies for earlier years – for example:

    • Cumulative bibliography of Asian studies, 1966-1970
      (THO Grand R Rm: Z3001.C83 1966 -1970 + Z3001.C84 1966 -1970)
    • Cumulative BAS, 1941-1965 (THO Grand R Rm: Z3001.C8 + Z3001.C82)
    • Nachod (Japan: 1906-1937) (THO Grand R Rm: Z3301 .W462 + Z3301 .W463 )
    • Wenckstern (Japan: 1859-1906) (THO Grand R Rm: Z3301 .W46 1998)
  • Research databases list: http://library.ohio-state.edu/screens/databases.html
  • Multi-database search: http://nf4hr2ve4v.cs.serialssolutions.com.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/
  • ISI Citation Databases General search + Cited reference search + Advanced search
    http://library.ohio-state.edu/search/y?Web+of+Science
    **tutorials available! http://scientific.thomson.com/tutorials/wos7/index.html
  • Japanese Literature in Translation Database (Japan Foundation)
    http://www.jpf.go.jp/JF_Contents/InformationSearchService?ContentNo=13&SubsystemNo=1&HtmlName=search_e.html
  • Database of Japanese Art in Overseas Collections (5,883 items)
    http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/graphicversion/dbase/japan_e.html

* Dissertations
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (Contains citations for dissertations and theses done at U.S., Canadian and some foreign institutions. Free PDFs of all dissertations published since 1997 and select pre-1997 dissertations.)
http://library.ohio-state.edu/search/y?ProQuest+Dissertations