Arts
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General
- Art cyclopedia Searchable by name of artists or title of artworks, numerous links related to art
- Artl@s BasArt (Université de Genève / Ecole normale supérieure Paris) 1673~present
- Artwords (DNP Art Communications) Art terms
- Research Guides (The National Museum of Western Art) Search guides, links
- Database of Japanese arts in foreign countries (International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
- Donated materials from the Contemporary Art Document Center (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties) Articles about art, DMs
- Union Catalog of the Collections of the National Art Museums, Japan (National Museum of Art) 5 institutions
- SHUZO: Search collections of museums all over the country (ART PLATFORM JAPAN)
- 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)
- Cultural Heritage Online (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
Library catalogs · Bibliographies · Article indexes
General
- Art Discovery Group Catalogue Cross-searchable
- Japan Art Documentation Society Bibliography Database
- NAKKA COLLECTION SEARCH (Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka)
- OpenBibArt
- 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-
- Aichi Arts Center Art Library Material Search
- ISHIBASHI FOUNDATION ART RESEARCH CENTER
- The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto OPAC
- 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)
- Exhibition Catalogues (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties)
- Exhibition Catalogues 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)
- Index to Catalogues Raisonnés of Works on Paper (Print Council of America)
- Art Libraries' Consortium (ALC) Cross-Search (Art Libraries' Consortium)
Images・Basic information on works・Location search
Digital images
- Digital Public Library of America
- Europeana Collections (European Commission) Cultural heritage
- Image Archives
- Images Online (British Library) Cultural heritage
- NDL Image Bank (National Diet Library)
- Olga's Gallery
- TinEye Reverse Image Search Reverse image search available
- Web Gallery of Art
- World Digital Library (Library of Congress) Cultural heritage
- JAPAN SEARCH (Digital Archive Japan Promotion Committee and Practitioner Review Committee)
Colored woodblock prints
- TOKYO Archive (Tokyo Metropolitan Library)
- 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
- Jitsugyoshi Ebiki (Business History Image Index) Meiji era
- New Ukiyo-e Research Database
- Sumo database Pictures of sumo, ranking of sumo westlers
- 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 important cultural properties
- ColBase Integrated Collections Database of the National Museums, Japan (National Institutes for Cultural Heritage)
- e-Museum (National Institutes for Cultural Heritage)
- Shosoin Search
- National Cultural Properties Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- How to search Cultural Properties (Research Navi) (National Diet Library)
Others
- 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)
- 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 Research Institute)
- Artis Japan.net
- Document Archive of Colored Woodblock Prints ; List of Artist Names
- Artist Search
- Dictionary of Artists in Japan (National Art Research Center)
- Shibunkaku Artist Search
- Obituaries (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties)
Auctions
- Auction Artworks(Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties)
- Christie's Auction Results 1998-
- FindArtInfo.com
- Auction & Sales Result (Sotheby's)
- The Getty Provenance Index Databases 1650-1945