Directory of Ancient Cultures Resources

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This category is for sites in English related to ancient and old culture in Japan.

Subcategories

• Ainu
• Archaeology
• Jomon
• Ryukyu
• Yayoi

Resources in This Category

• Asuka Historical Museum

  http://www.asukanet.gr.jp/asukahome/
  History and art of Asuka, the first Japanese capital (7th century). Virtual museum containing both text and photos.

• Crystalinks.com - Ancient Japan

  http://www.crystalinks.com/japan.html
  Ancient Japan Haiku history and chronology.

• Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan

  http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/omori/court/court.html
  Includes 3 diaries written by women aristocracy, created around 1000 AD.

• East Asian History Sourcebook

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.asp
  Provides access to primary source texts from East Asian countries, particularly China, Japan, and Korea. Arranged by era from ancient history to post-World War II.

• Edo Japan - A Virtual Tour

  http://www.us-japan.org/edomatsu/
  Take a tour through Tokyo during the period of the Tokugawa shoguns, and learn about the history of Japan's greatest city. Illustrated by ukiyo-e images, the text discusses the traditions that underlie Japanese culture.

• History of Japan's Literature

  http://www.kanzaki.com/jinfo/jliterature.html
  Includes brief overviews of each period of Japanese literature from ancient times to present.

• Japan Information Network - Todaiji Temple

  http://web-japan.org/atlas/historical/his13.html
  Temple complex in Nara, Japan includes the largest wooden building in the world. View the Great Buddha housed inside and learn about the complex's history.

• Japan of Today

  http://web-japan.org/museum/historyofjp/histjp.html
  Includes a brief history of Japan from ancient times through developments after 1945. Find geographical and topographical details as well.

• Japanese Rice Culture - The Misunderstood Philosophy of the Agrarian Past

  http://home.worldcom.ch/~negenter/473bTx_E01.html
  Essay on ancient rituals and peasant society practices that became part of Japanese traditional culture and still influence present day rural society.

• Jo-Bo System of Heijo-Kyo, Ancient Japan

  http://www.hgeo.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp/soramitsu/heijokyo.html
  Brief discussion of ancient city planning, using Nara as the example. Illustrations of the original grid system and its remains.

• Kaido: The Ancient Roads of Japan

  http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/nagano/atlas/a-8.html
  A kids' information site from the Nagano Olympics, has basic information on the establishment and use of roads from c. 700.

• Kamakura

  http://www.kcn-net.org/e_kama_history/
  Includes origins, history, and glossary of place names.

• Women Warriors of Japan

  http://www.koryu.com/Library/wwj1.html
  Provides a history of women's role in Japanese martial arts from the ancient era until modern times.

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