Directory of Japan Resources

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The sites and pages relating information on the past cultures of the modern nationstate of Japan through the study and scientific analysis of material remains (i.e., osteological, artifactual, architectural, etc.).

Subcategories

• Academic Departments
• Ancient Cultures
• Jomon
• News and Media
• Organizations
• Publications

Resources in This Category

• An Archaeological History of Japan: 30,000 B.C. to A.D. 700

  http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prehistoric/reviews/03_02_mizoguchi.html
  By Koji Mizoguchi. A book review.

• C. T. Keally's Japanese Archaeology Pages

  http://www.t-net.ne.jp/~keally/index.htm
  Prehistoric and historic general outline, chronologies, research reports and projects, field photographs, news, links, and contact information.

• Japan Atlas: Historical Sites

  http://web-japan.org/atlas/historical/histr_fr.html
  Lists over 25 historical sites throughout Japan dating to two thousand years ago.

• Japanese Archaeology

  http://www.t-net.ne.jp/~keally/jpnarch.html
  An essay on the history and current status of Japanese archaeology.

• Kusado Sengen

  http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~suzuki-y/index_e.html
  Excavation of the remains of a medieval trading town situated close to the mouth of the Ahida River, in the present Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture.

• Manga and Anime Sites in Japan

  http://www.hikyaku.com/gallery/english/sannai.htm
  Short description of the Sannai Maruyama site.

• Sannai Maruyama Archaeological Site

  http://sannaimaruyama.pref.aomori.jp/english/
  Outline, plans, images, publications, and history of the site.

• Soramitsu - History and Geography of Nara

  http://www.hgeo.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp/soramitsu/
  Tour the old capital with aerial photos and descriptions of prehistoric burial mounds, ancient city-planning, Edo-period maps and urbanization.

• Usuki Stone Buddhas

  http://web-japan.org/atlas/historical/his23.html
  Explores the 60-plus stone Buddhas of Usuki City in Oita Prefecture, carved in the 12th to 14th centuries.

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