The Dictionary of Sources of Classical Japan is a trilingual English, French, and Japanese dictionary of texts from pre-modern Japanese history and literature. Compiled under the auspices of the Historiographical Institute, the University of Tokyo (Shiry? hensan-jo), it consists of entries written and edited by some of the foremost scholars of pre-modern Japanese history and literature in the world today. This project is still a work in progress.
Video Dictionary of Sources of Classical Japan
Layout
Entries in the Dictionary of Sources of Classical Japan include the name of the text in kanji, hiragana, and romaji; basic bibliographical information such as the authors(s) of the work and the date(s) that the work was written; a brief description of the text including full citations that correspond to publications of the Shiryô Hensanjo, as well as other secondary sources; and brief plot summaries and commentary, signed with the initials of author of the entry.
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Access
The Dictionary of Sources of Classical Japan is available online at: http://www.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ships/index_w35.jsp
To access the dictionary, you must input the name of a text or a keyword in either kanji, hiragana, or romaji. A full-list of the texts currently available is at: http://cliometa.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ships_htdocs/entrylist.htm.
Editors
- Joan Piggott, University of Southern California
- Ineke Van Put, Catholic University of Leuven
- Ivo Smits, Leiden University
- Charlotte von Verschuer, École Pratique des Hautes Études
- Michel Vieillard-Baron, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO)
External links
- Official Website: http://www.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ships/index_w35.jsp
- A book version of the dictionary is available for purchase at: http://www.deboccard.com/
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