UBC Japanese Library Resources Blog

University of Toronto Professor Emerita Sonja Arntzen will be speaking this Friday at Asian Centre as part of the Kameyama Lecture series organized by the Asian Studies Department.

“Telling it Slant” Dreams and Religious Meaning in the Sarashina Diary
September 30 (Friday) @ 5:00 p.m.
Room 604, Asian Centre

For more details, check out the pdf here.

JapanKnowledge has added another 10 titles to their Shinpen Nihon koten bungaku zenshū 新編　日本古典文学全集 digital collection. The new titles are:

中古
今昔物語集 Konjaku monogatarishū
将門記 Shōmon ki
陸奥話記 Mutsu waki

中世
保元物語 Hōgen monogatari
平治物語 Heiji monogatari
宇治拾遺物語 Uji shūi monogatari
曾我物語 Soga monogatari
太平記 Taiheiki
義経記 Gikeiki

近世
仮名草子集 Kana-zōshishū

To access the SNKBZ e-collection, you must sign into JapanKnowledge. A tutorial is available here on how to search within the e-books.

We are currently offering a trial of the Yomiuri Shinbun database Yomidasu Rekishikan ヨミダス歴史館. This resource includes Yomiuri articles from 1874 to present, as well as English-language articles from The Daily Yomiuri from 1989. The trial will run until August 4.

To access the database:
1) Click here to go to the information page.
2) Click on “via the web”
3) You will be prompted for your CWL username and password if accessing from home.

For non-faculty members, please go back and fill out the feedback form also available through the information page. Current faculty members should have received a separate survey. Contact me if you have not received this.

I’ve created a couple of tutorials on how to use Factiva to find Japanese-language news articles. Check them out here:
Factiva for Japanese – Basic
Factiva for Japanese – Advanced

Hope they’re helpful!

JapanKnowledge has added a further 10 titles to their Shinpen Nihon koten bungaku zenshū 新編　日本古典文学全集 digital collection. The new titles are:

Eiga monogatari 栄花物語
Ōkagami 大鏡
Sumiyoshi monogatari 住吉物語
Torikaebaya monogatari とりかへばや物語
Matsura no Miya monogatari 松浦宮物語
Mumyō-zōshi 無名草子
Heike monogatari 平家物語
Kenrei Monʼin Ukyō no Daibu shū / 建礼門院右京大夫集
Towazugatari とはずがたり
Chūsei nikki kikkōshū 中世日記紀行集

To access the SNKBZ e-collection, you must sign into JapanKnowledge. A tutorial is available here on how to search within the e-books.

The Tohoku Geographical Association 東北地理学会 has posted articles about the recent Tohoku Earthquake. They are now available on their website:

English-language articles
Japanese-language articles

See the Earthquake and Tsunami Resources page and the Nuclear Crisis Resources page for more links to more resources on the disaster.

UBC Library has just started to subscribe to the web-based Kokushi Daijiten (Encyclopedia of Japanese History). Users can search the full-text of all 54,000 entries included in this resource, which contains the entire content of the 15-volume print edition. To access the database:
1) go to the information page
2) click on “via the web”
3) click on the ログイン button

We have recently purchased the following new e-books, available through NetLibrary. To browse the Japanese-language e-book collection within NetLibrary, go to the previous blog entry on this topic.

Meiji Culture
明治文化全集. 第十四巻, 時事小説編
Meiji bunka zenshū. Vol 14 (Jiji shōsetsu hen)　
明治文化全集. 第二十巻, 風俗編
Meiji bunka zenshū. Vol 20 (Fūzoku hen)
明治文化全集. 第二十七巻, 婦人問題編
Meiji bunka zenshū. Vol 27 (Fujin mondai hen)　

Language
Eigo, Nihongo 英語・日本語
Kenkyūsha Nihongo hyōgen katsuyō jiten 研究社日本語表現活用辞典
Nihongo journal Jan 2007 (日本語ジャーナル. 2007年 1月号)
Nihongo journal Feb 2007 (日本語ジャーナル. 2007年 2月号)
Nihongo journal Mar 2007 (日本語ジャーナル. 2007年 3月号)
Nihongo journal Apr 2007 (日本語ジャーナル. 2007年 4月号)
Nihongo ruigi hyōgen tsukaiwake jiten 日本語類義表現使い分け辞典
Ruigigo tsukaiwake jiten 類義語使い分け辞典

Kabuki
御浜御殿綱豊卿
Ohama goten Tsunatoyokyō　
鏡山旧錦絵. 加賀見山再岩藤
Kagamiyama kokyō no nishikie. Kagamiyama gonichi no iwafuji
籠釣瓶花街酔醒. 神明恵和合取組
Kagotsurube sato no eizame ; Kami no megumi wagō no torikumi
勧進帳. 毛抜. 暫. 鳴神. 矢の根
Kanjinchō. Kenuki. Shibaraku. Narukami. Ya no ne　
桐一葉. 鳥辺山心中. 修禅寺物語
Kiri hitoha. Toribeyama shinjū. Shuzenji monogatari
傾城反魂香 ; 嫗山姥 ; 国性爺合戦 ; 平家女護島 ; 信州川中島合戦
Keisei hangonkō ; Komochi yamauba. Kokusenʾya kassen ; Heike Nyogo no shima ; Shinshū Kawanakajima kassen
天衣紛上野初花
Kumo ni magō Ueno no hatsuhana　
五大力恋緘 ; 桜門五三桐
Godairiki koi no fūjime ; Sanmon gosan no kiri
新版歌祭文
Shinpan utazaimon
菅原伝授手習鑑
Sugawara denju tenarai kagami
蔦紅葉宇津谷峠 ; 青砥稿花紅彩画
Tsutamomiji Utsunoyatōge ; Aoto-zōshi hana no nishikie
東海道四谷怪談
Tōkaidō Yotsuya kaidan
舞踊集
Butōshū
伽羅先代萩. 伊達競阿国戯場
Meiboku sendaihagi. Datekurabe Okuni kabuki
義経千本桜
Yoshitsune senbonzakura

I’ve created a Nuclear Crisis Resources page on the blog. The page includes links to information on Japan’s nuclear reactor situation, and to resources on radiation levels in the country. I will still post links to general pages related to the March 11 disaster, as well as earthquake and tsunami-specific news sources to the Earthquake & Tsunami Resources page.

Art
秋田蘭画の近代 Akita ranga no kindai
浮世絵は語る Ukiyoe wa kataru
江戸絵画の不都合な真実 Edo kaiga no futsugō na shinjitsu
江戸の書　Edo no sho
画家たちの「戦争」 Gakatachi no “sensō”
北澤美術館所蔵日本画名品集 Kitazawa Bijutsukan shozō nihonga meihinshū
日本イラストレーション史 Nihon irasutorēshon-shi

Cinema
黒澤明 「七人の侍」創作ノート Kurosawa Akira “Shichinin no samurai” sōsaku nōto
現代映画思想論の行方 Gendai eiga shisōron no yukue

Culture
妖怪文化の伝統と創造 Yōkai bunka no dentō to sōzō

Economics
企業城下町の形成と日本的経営 Kigyō jōkamachi no keisei to Nihon-teki keiei
伝統産業の成立と発展 Dentō sangyō no seiritsu to hatten
戦後日本経済論 Sengo Nihon keizairon

History
海を渡ったアイヌ Umi o watatta Ainu
中世結城氏の家伝と軍記 Chūsei Yūki-shi no kaden to gunki
ケンペルとシーボルト : 「鎖国」日本を語った異国人たち Kenperu to Shīboruto: “sakoku” Nihon o katatta ikokujintachi
京都の近代と天皇 Kyōto no kindai to tennō
写真でみる実録日露戦争 Shashin de miru jitsuroku Nichi-Ro Sensō
詳細図説信長記 Shōsai zusetsu Nobunaga ki
都市を区切る Toshi o kugiru
日中韓歴史大論争 Nichi-Chū-Kan rekishi daironsō
風俗図説　Fūzoku zusetsu
歴史としての日米安保条約 Rekishi to shite no Nichi-Bei anpo jōyaku
歴博フォーラム戦後日本の大衆文化 Rekihaku fōramu Sengo Nihon no taishū bunka
歴博フォーラム占領下の民衆生活 Rekihaku fōramu senryōka no minshū seikatsu

Language & Literature
芥川賞はなぜ村上春樹に与えられなかったか Akutagawa-shō wa naze Murakami Haruki ni ataerarenakatta ka
移動する女性たちの文学 : 多文化時代のジェンダーとエスニシティ Idōsuru joseitachi no bungaku: tabunka jidai no jendā to esunishiti
伊勢物語の表現を掘り起こす Ise monogatari no hyōgen o horiokosu
和泉式部 : 和歌と生活 Izumi Shikibu: waka to seikatsu
Midorikawa.
江戸のことわざ遊び : 幕末のベストセラーで笑う Edo no kotowaza asobi: Bakumatsu no besuto serā de warau
江戸時代の古文書を読む : 幕末の動乱 Edo jidai no komonjo o yomu : bakumatsu no dōran
漢文と東アジア : 訓読の文化圏 Kanbun to Higashi Ajia: kundoku no bunkaken
日本の翻訳論 Nihon no honʼyakuron
日本語と日本語教育のための日本語学入門 Nihongo to Nihongo kyōiku no tame no Nihongogaku nyūmon
「源氏物語」英訳についての研究 “Genji monogatari” Eiyaku ni tsuite no kenkyū
幕末明治傑物伝 Bakumatsu Meiji ketsubutsuden
複数のテクストへ : 樋口一葉と草稿研究 Fukusū no tekusuto e: Higuchi Ichiyō to sōkō kenkyū
能楽研究講義録 Nōgaku kenkyū kōgiroku
万葉集を訓んだ人々 Manʼyōshū o yonda hitobito
夢を見るために每朝僕は目覚めるのです : 村上春樹インタビュー集1997-2009 Yume o miru tame ni maiasa boku wa mezameru no desu

Manga
戦後エロマンガ史 Sengo ero mangashi
サラリーマン漫画の戦後史 Sararīman manga no sengoshi

Political Science
脱グローバリズムの世界像　Datsu gurōbarizumu no sekaizō
小泉改革の政治学 Koizumi kaikaku no seijigaku
参議院とは何か, 1947-2010 Sangiin to wa nani ka, 1947-2010

Religion & Philosophy
「おのずから」と「みずから」 “Onozukara” to “mizukara”
現代人の死生観と葬儀 Gendaijin no shiseikan to sōgi
仏教と差別 Bukkyō to sabetsu
躍動する中世仏教 Yakudōsuru chūsei Bukkyō

Women’s & Gender Studies
思想と文化 Shisō to bunka (Jendā-shi sōsho series ジェンダー史叢書)
少女領域 Shōjo ryōiki
女性学入門 : ジェンダーで社会と人生を考える Joseigaku nyūmon: jendā de shakai to jinsei o kangaeru