Japanese Collections

Nihon no Bijutsu No. 487(Dec 2006) Shukuin Busshi

To improve access to the individual issues of Nihon no Bijutsu 日本の美術　(Arts of Japan) — a monthly journal published by Shibundo 至文堂 with many photographs of Japanese art objects — I started a list of the translated titles of each issue that was posted here in 2006. During Fall 2007 my graduate student assistant from the Department of Art History, Hyejeong Choi, took over the project.

As of January 2008 we are posting the new list on the Japanese studies Wiki —
https://library.osu.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Nihon_no_Bijutsu#Nihon_no_Bijutsu:_Translation_of_titles_of_each_issue

(Information updated on Jan 25, 2008 –mhd) Continue reading

Bibliographic Resources:
Western Language Materials for Japanese Studies
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Meiji-era (1868-1912) publications are easier to access for research as a result of efforts underway at many institutions in Japan, as well as through a cataloging project at Ohio State.
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For the sidebar I selected the following online Japanese dictionaries and related websites. Are these good choices? Any suggestions? Thanks for any comments or suggestions! — MD Continue reading

In the past few years I have been purchasing many Japanese films Continue reading

OhioLINK’s Digital Media Center includes digitized versions of educational films Continue reading

One of the “treasures” of Ohio State’s collections supporting research on the Japanese language is Nihongogaku ronsetsu shiryo 日本語学論説資料 or NRS Continue reading

OhioLINK ‘s ETD Center publishes electronic theses and disseratations from universities participating in OhioLINK. The following Japan-related theses and dissertations Continue reading

Doing Photography and Social Research in the Allied Occupation of Japan, 1948-1951 is a prize-winning digital collection created at Ohio State. The collection was originally prepared by the late John W. Bennett, who passed away at 89 on February 74, 2005. Continue reading

On March 30, this blog was discussed at the annual meeting of the Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL) in Chicago. As part of the Committee on Public Services program, Maureen Donovan and Yuji Tosaka (Kent State University graduate student in library and information science) presented an interim report on the blogging project that has been underway for OSU Japanese Collections users since the start of this year.

We had a lively discussion on our blog and hope to use our feedback to improve library services to our users. Continue reading