Japanese philosophy and thought Bibliographies (Subject Bibliography) Published in the Japanese Language
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This webpage introduces search tools (subject bibliographies) for finding books and articles, chiefly in the Japanese language, related to Japanese philosophy and thought. To search for journal articles, please refer also to the Article Index of Periodicals in Japanese.
The [Range] field lists the publication year and period, and format of the selected and cataloged bibliography of interest.
1. General
- The Okura Institute for the Study of Spiritual Culture, ed.,“Nihon shisoshi bunken kaidai, shinpan” (Annotated bibliography of the history of Japanese thought, new edition )(Kadokawa Shoten, 1992, NDL Call No. H1-E6)
[Range] Antiquity–1868
[Order] Book title
[Index] Author name, book title, personal name (book titles and personal names are listed according to stroke-count of the Chinese characters)
[Notes] Explains selected basic literature on the history of Japanese thought. It also includes reference literature and reprints. - Takeo Mitsuhashi,“Meiji zenki shisoshi bunken” (Bibliography of books on the history of thought published in the early Meiji period)(Meijido Shoten, 1976, NDL Call No. H1-6)
[Range] 1865–1889
[Order] Publication date
[Index] Classification (at the beginning of Classification catalog), book title, personal name, Western name, publisher and seller by region
[Notes] Contains table of contents, explanatory notes, foreword, afterword, and text of the history of thought published in the early Meiji period (owned by the author), with related information from the bibliography. A list of reference books is included in the end of the book. - Nihon shisoshi bunken database kensaku (Database of Japanese Intellectual History) (Department of Japanese Intellectual History, Tohoku University)
[Range] 1966–2013. Books, parts of books, journal articles
[Notes] Contains "Nihon shisoshigaku kankei kenkyu bunken yomoku" (Important bibliography of Japanese intellectual history) included in “Nihon shisoshi kenkyu” (Japanese intellectual history studies) (Department of Japanese Intellectual History,Faculty of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University, annual, NDL Call No. Z9-117), and research papers more than five pages in length on Japanese intellectual history, Japanese studies, and Japanese cultural studies which have been published since 1965. - Nihon tetsugakushi kenkyu no tame no kihonbunken (Basic literature for research on the history of Japanese philosophy) (Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University)
[Notes] Introduces the basic literature for research on the history of Japanese philosophy. Literature by each philosopher is introduced in “Daihyotekina tetsugakusya, shisoka” (Philosophers and thinkers).
2. Bibliographies of each philosopher
Generally journals and research books have bibliography on the theme at the end of each book.
The following is a list of major bibliographies of each philosopher, sorted by the year of birth.
The names of philosophers and thinkers are linked to Web NDL Authorities where you can find their works and research books in the NDL collection.
- Hikaru Sugawara, “Nishi Amane kankei sanko bunken ichiran” (List of reference bibliographies on Nishi Amane) (Nishi Amane Study Group, University of Shimane ed., “Nishi Amane to Nihon no kindai” (Nishi Amane and modern Japan), Perikansha, 2005, NDL Call No. HA131-H1)
[Range] 1926–2004. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Author name - Hikaru Sugawara, “Sanko Bunken” (Reference bibliography) (Hikaru Sugawara, “Nishi Amane no seiji shiso: kiritsu, kori, shin” (Nishi Amane's political thought: discipline, utility, and faith), Perikansha, 2009, NDL Call No. HA131-J1)
[Range] 1876–2008. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Author name
- “Fukuzawa Yukichi Nenkan” (Yukichi Fukuzawa yearbook) (Fukuzawa Yukichi Kyokai, since 1974)
[Range] since 1881. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Notes] Contains “Fukuzawa Yukichi kenkyu bunken mokuroku”(Bibliography of studies on Yukichi Fukuzawa) at the end of each volume. You can also download the “Fukuzawa Yukichi kenkyu bunken mokuroku” (Bibliography studies on Yukichi Fukuzawa: Books)Tosho(Books)(PDF) and Zasshi(Journals)(PDF) from the Keio University website.
- “Nakae Chomin Kankei Kiji” (Articles on Chomin Nakae) (“Nakae Chomin zenshu bekkan” (Chomin Nakae complete works: supplement), Iwanami Shoten, 1986, NDL Call No. US21-156)
[Range] 1879–1963. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Publication date
[Notes] Contains the full text of approximately 400 articles on Chomin Nakae, primarily from the newspapers and journals which are contemporary with Chomin Nakae. - “Shiryo Nenpyo” (Chronological table of materials) (Showa Women's University Institute of Modern Culture, ed., “Kindai bungaku kenkyu sosho dai 5 kan” (Library of Modern Literature Research, volume 5) , Koyo Alumni Association, Showa Women's University, 1957, NDL Call No. 910.26-Sy961k)
[Range] 1874–1956. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Publication date
[Notes] Contains a bibliography of works on Chomin Nakae in section 4, Chronological table of materials in the chapter on Nakae Chomin.
“Inoue Enryo kankei bunken nenpyo” (Chronological bibliography of works on Enryo Inoue)(The third subgroup of the Inoue Enryo Study Group, Toyo University, 1987, NDL Call No. GK61-87)
[Range] 1875–1987. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Publication date
[Index] Author name, title“Inoue Enryo kenkyu bunken mokuroku 1987nen iko” (The Study of Inoue Enryo (since 1987)) (“Inoue Enryo kenkyu dai 7 go” (The Study of Inoue Enryo, volume 7) Toyo University, The Inoue Enryo Memorial Center, 1997.02, NDL Call No. GK61-82)
[Range] 1987-1996. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Publication date
- Norihisa Suzuki, Yutaka Fujita, eds., “Uchimura Kanzo chosaku・kenkyu mokuroku” (Bibliography of Kanzo Uchimura's work and research on Kanzo Uchimura)(Kyobunkan, 2003, NDL Call No. YU7-H1515)
[Range] 1878–2003. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Publication date - Kanzo Uchimura: Relevant Materials(Kanzo Uchimura Memorial Collection)
[Range] 1878-2004. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] varies per page
[Notes] Bibliography based on International Christian University Library ed., “Uchimura Kanzo kinen bunko mokuroku dai 3 han” (Catalogue of the Kanzo Uchimura Memorial Collection, 3rd edition) (International Christian University Library, 1997, NDL Call No. HP113-G47)
You can search for materials in three categories: books (author names in alphabetical order), magazines about non-church (magazine names in Japanese syllabary order), and general magazines and bulletins (author names in Japanese syllabary order)
- “Kiyozawa Manshi kanren bunken mokuroku” (Bibliography of works on Manshi Kiyozawa), (Hirotaka Fukushima, Tesshin Akamatsu, eds., “Shiryo Kiyozawa Manshi: koen hen” (Materials on Manshi Kiyozawa: Collected Lectures), Dohosha, 1991, NDL Call No. HM163-E73)
[Range] 1888–1990. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Publication date
- Hiroshi Hirayama, “Onishi Hajime kenkyu bunken mokuroku” (Bibliography of research on Hajime Onishi), (Hiroshi Hirayama, “Onishi Hajime to sono jidai” (Hajime Onishi and his era), Nihon Tosho Center, 1989, NDL Call No. HA165-E19)
[Range] 1936–1989. Journal articles, etc.
[Order] Author name
- Michimune Madenokoji, Toshihide Yoneda, “Nishida Kitaro kenkyu bunken mokuroku, Nihonhen -1987” (Bibliography of Studies on Kitaro Nishida, Japan –1987) (Yoshio Kayano, Ryosuke Ohashi, ed., “Nishida Tetsugaku: Shin shiryo to kenkyu eno tebiki” (Nishida's philosophy: a guide to new materials and research), Minerva Shobo, 1987, NDL Call No. HA135-E4)
[Range] 1907–1986
[Order] Author name - Tomoharu Mizuno “Nihongo bunken mokuroku 1987–1997” (Japanese bibliography 1987–1997) (Shizuteru Ueda, Ryosuke Ohashi, and Keiichi Noe, eds., “Nishida Tetsugaku Senshu Bekkan 2” (Collected works of Nishida's philosophy, supplementary volume 2), Toeisha, 1998, NDL Call No. HA135-G12)
[Range] 1987–1997. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Author name
- Kiyohide Kirita “Suzuki Daisetsu kanren shoseki, zasshi, shinbun ronbun, kiji ichiran” (List of books, journals, and newspaper articles on Daisetsu Suzuki) (“Hanazono daigaku bungakubu kenkyu kiyo” (Annual journal Faculty of Letters, Hanazono University), (28), Hanazono University Faculty of Letters, 1996.03, NDL Call No. Z22-778)
[Range] 1905–1995. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Publication date
- Michimune Madenokoji, ed., “Tanabe Tetsugaku Bunken Mokuroku” (Bibliography of Tanabe's philosophy) (1979, NDL Call No. HA139-2)
[Range] 1919–1978. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Publication date - Akira Hidaka, “Tanabe Hajime kankei kenkyu bunken mokuroku 1991-2008. Ichi” (Bibliography of research on Hajime Tanabe 1991–2008, volume 1)(“Kyushin” (15), (16), Kyushinkai, 2008 & 2009, NDL Call No. Z71-X425)
[Range] 1991–2008. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Author name - Satoshi Urai, “Tanabe Hajime bunken mokuroku 2009－2020” (Bibliography of Hajime Tanabe's works 2009－2020) (Yasuhiko Sugimura, Shigeru Taguchi, and Yosuke Takehana, eds., “Kado suru shocho: Tanabe Tetsugaku no dainamizumu” (A swirling symbol: dynamism of the philosophy of Tanabe), Koyo Shobo, 2021, NDL Call No. HA139-M2)
[Range] 2009–2020. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Author name
[Notes] Also Contains materials which are published before 2008 and not included in previous bibliographies.
- “Kuki Shuzo kenkyu bunken mokuroku” (Bibliography of research on Shuzo Kuki) (Megumi Sakabe, Masakatsu Fujita, and Kiyokazu Washida, eds., “Kuki Shuzo no Sekai” (The world of Shuzo Kuki) , Minerva Shobo, 2002, NDL Call No. HA153-H1)
[Range] 1965–2000. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Author name
- “Watsuji Tetsuro kenkyu sanko bunken” (Reference bibliography for research on Tetsuro Watsuji) (Yasuo Yuasa, ed., “Watsuji Tetsuro: hito to shiso” (Watsuji Tetsuro: the man and his thought), San-Ichi Shobo, 1973, NDL Call No. HA144-2)
[Range] 1915–1972. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Author name
- “Yanagi Muneyoshi kenkyu bunken mokuroku” (Bibliography of research on Muneyoshi Yanagi) (Mie Prefectural Art Museum ed., “Yanagi Muneyoshi ten: heijo no bi–nichijo no shinpi” (Muneyoshi Yanagi exhibition: the beauty of the ordinary and the mystery of the everyday) Mie Prefectural Art Museum Support Association, 1997, NDL Call No. KB16-G411)
[Range] 1917–1997. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Publication date
- Masatomo Onishi, “Kimura Motomori ni kansuru bunken・shiryo mokuroku (ge)” (Bibliography and catalog of materials on Motomori Kimura (part 2))(“Kyoiku gakubu ronshu” (Journal of the Faculty of Education)(16), Bukkyo University, 2005.03, NDL Call No. Z7-2875)
[Range] 1946–2004. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Publication date
[Notes] “Kimura Motomori ni kansuru bunken・shiryo mokuroku (jyo)”(Bibliography and catalog of materials on Motomori Kimura (part 1)), (“Kyoiku gakubu ronshu” (Journal of the Faculty of Education) (15), 2004.03)contains Kimura's own writings, translations, and papers.
- Michihiro Muroi, “Miki Kiyoshi kenkyu sanko bunken mokuroku” (Bibliography of research and reference materials on Miki Kiyoshi) (Makoto Kiyoshi, Masao Tsuda, Sumio Kameyama, Michihiro Muroi, and Tomonaga Hirako, “Isan toshite no Miki Kiyoshi” (Kiyoshi Miki as legacy), Dojidaisya, 2008, NDL Call No. HA148-J1)
[Range] 1913–2007. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Publication date
- “Izutsu Toshihiko Kenkyu bunken ichiran” (List of bibliographies of research on Toshihiko Izutsu)(Yoshitsugu Sawai, Shigeru Kamada, eds., “Izutsu Toshihiko no toyo tetsugaku” (Toshihiko Izutsu's oriental Philosophy), Keio Gijyuku daigaku syuppankai. 2018, NDL Call No. HB1-L20)
[Range] 1951–2018. Books, journal articles, etc.
[Order] Publication date
[Notes] Bibliography until 2017 is contained in Tetsuro Nagaoka, “Toshihiko Izutsu database nihongo bunken ichiran” (List of bibliographies on Toshihiko Izutsu database) (Tenri University, 2017)).