Guide to Study Japanese Classical Literature and Classical Japanese Language: Resources on Japanese classical texts (古典籍)

Combining the "Union Catalogue of Early Japanese Books" and the "Database of Pre-Modern Japanese Works," this new database is the largest digital reference on pre-modern Japanese works. This allows users to search and use bibliographic information and high-resolution images of Japanese manuscripts and prints before Edo period, held by the National Institute of Japanese Literature and many other institutions and owners at home and overseas.

"Through this portal you can search for pre-modern Japanese books on open access across the Web, as well as the books in the ARC’s collections or on deposit with the ARC. Currently more than 300,000 works are accessible."---from the site.

This database includes over 3,400 bibliographic records for Japanese handwritten manuscripts held by the C.V. Starr East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley. Part of ARC古典籍ポータルデータベース.

「日本の古典籍を対象にした研究所です。書誌的な問題、資料の翻刻、古典籍を文化資源とした活用・情報発信をより活発化させることを目的としています。」---from the site.