Portal:Japan

Japan

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Works

Language

• An Elementary Grammar of the Japanese Language (1888), by Tatui Baba

History

• Shinto: The Way of the Gods (1905), by William George Aston
• Kojiki (712), numerous translations
• Nihongi (720), translated by William George Aston

Literature

• Aino Folk-Tales (1888), by Basil Hall Chamberlain
• The Diary of a Japanese Convert (1895), by Uchimura Kanzo
• The Narrative of a Japanese (1895), by Joseph Heco
• The Voice of the Valley (1897), by Yone Noguchi
• A History of Japanese Literature (1899), by William George Aston
• Five Short Stories (1904), by John Luther Long
• Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904), by Lafcadio Hearn
• Botchan (1906), by Natsume Sōseki, translated by Yasotaro Morri
• The Dragon Painter (1906), by Mary McNeil Fenollosa
• The Praises of Amida (1907), by Kanai Tada, translated by Arthur Lloyd
• The Japanese Fairy Book (1908), by Iwaya Sazanami, translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki
• Three Years in Tibet (1909), by Kawaguchi Ekai
• The Spirit of Japanese Poetry (1914), by Yone Noguchi
• Tales from Old Japanese Dramas (1915), by Asataro Miyamori
• Four Japanese Tales (1919), by Jan Havlasa
• Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan (1920), translated by Annie Shepley Omori and Kochi Doi
• Through the Torii (1922), by Yone Noguchi
• The Tale of Genji (1925), by Murasaki Shikibu, translated by Arthur David Waley (transcription project)
• A Daughter of the Samurai (1925), by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto
• Japanese Literature (1955), by Donald Keene (transcription project)
• Anthology of Japanese Literature (1955), by Donald Keene (transcription project)
• Modern Japanese Literature (1956), by Donald Keene (transcription project)
• Tayama Katai and His Novel Entitled Futon (1971), by Motoko Reece

Mathematics

• A History of Japanese Mathematics (1914), by David Eugene Smith and Yoshio Mikami (transcription project)

Art

• A Grammar of Japanese Ornament and Design (1880), by Thomas W. Cutler
• Japanese Wood Engravings (1895), by William Edwin Anderson
• The Art of Japan (1901), by Francis Brinkley
• A History of Japanese Colour-Prints (1910), by Woldemar von Seidlitz
• Japanese Flower Arrangement (1913), by Mary Averill
• The Spirit of Japanese Art (1915), by Yone Noguchi

Play

• Japanese Plays and Playfellows (1901), by Osman Edwards

Music

• Art Songs of Japan (1917), by Gertrude Ross (transcription project)

Culture

• Japanese fragments (1860), as serialized in Once a Week
• Unbeaten Tracks in Japan (1880), by Isabella Lucy Bird Bishop
• Jinrikisha Days in Japan (1891), by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore
• Occult Japan (1894), by Percival Lowell
• Japan: Its History, Arts, and Literature (1901), by Francis Brinkley
• Japanese Physical Training (1903), by H. Irving Hancock
• Japanese Chess (Shō-ngi): The Science and Art of War or Struggle (1905), by Suzuki Choyo IA
• Things Japanese (1905), by Basil Hall Chamberlain
• The Awakening of Japan (1905), by Okakura Kakuzō (transcription project)
• The Book of Tea (1906), by Okakura Kakuzō
• The Game of Go (1908), by Arthur Smith
• Child-life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories (1909), by Matilda Chaplin Ayrton, translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain
• Myths and Legends of Japan (1912), by Frederick Hadland Davis IA

Articles

• "Treaty between Japan and Corea" in Littell's Living Age, 139 (1890) (1878)
• "The People's Rights in Japan" in Littell's Living Age, 151 (1949) (1881)
• Japanese Topsyturvydom (1896), by Emily S. Patton IA
• Däi Nippon (1905), by Florence Earle Coates
• Japan: a lecture (1916), by Rabindranath Tagore
• "The Japanese recoginition" in The Bohemian Review, 2 (10) (1918)

Articles in Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan

• Series One (1872–1922)
  • Volume 1
  • Volume 2

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

• "Health-Matters in Japan" by Edward Sylvester Morse in Popular Science Monthly, 12 (January 1878)
• "Traces of an Early Race in Japan" by Edward Sylvester Morse in Popular Science Monthly, 14 (January 1879)
• "Dolmens in Japan" by Edward Sylvester Morse in Popular Science Monthly, 16 (March 1880)
• "A Japanese Typhoon" by Thomas Corwin Mendenhall in Popular Science Monthly, 18 (January 1881)
• "A Study of the Ainu of Yezo" by J. K. Goodrich in Popular Science Monthly, 33 (June 1888)
• "Ainu Houses and their Furnishing" by J. K. Goodrich in Popular Science Monthly, 33 (August 1888)
• "Ainu Family-Life and Religion" by J. K. Goodrich in Popular Science Monthly, 34 (November 1888)
• "Moral Life of the Japanese" by W. Delano Eastlake in Popular Science Monthly, 43 (July 1893)
• "Shinto, The Old Religion of Japan" by Nobuta Kishimoto in Popular Science Monthly, 46 (December 1894)
• "The Fishes of Japan" by David Starr Jordan in Popular Science Monthly, 60 (November 1901)
• "A Visit to the Japanese Zoological Station at Misaki" by Bashford Dean in Popular Science Monthly, 65 (July 1904)
• "Chinese and Japanese Immigration" by Allan Joseph McLaughlin in Popular Science Monthly, 66 (December 1904)
• "Recent Advances in Meteorology and Meteorological Service in Japan" by Satoru Tetsu Tamura in Popular Science Monthly, 68 (February 1906)
• "The Great Japanese Volcano Aso" by Robert Van Vleck Anderson in Popular Science Monthly, 71 (July 1907)
• "Account of a Trip in Southernmost Japan, with Early Records of its Discovery" by Robert Van Vleck Anderson in Popular Science Monthly, 74 (February 1909)
• "Relations of Japan and the United States" by David Starr Jordan in Popular Science Monthly, 80 (February 1912)
• "The Imperial Universities of Japan" by Harry Foster Bain in Popular Science Monthly, 80 (March 1912)

Law of Japan

• Portal:Law of Japan
• Portal:Constitutions of Japan

Encyclopedias

• "Japan," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
• "Japan," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Japan," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
• "Japan," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• "Japan," in The World Factbook, (ed.) by CIA (1982)
• "Japan," in The World Factbook, (ed.) by CIA (1990)
• "Japan," in CIA World Fact Book, (ed.) by CIA (2004)

Government of Japan

• Protest against the Attack of a New-Type Bomb by American Airplane (1945)
• Press Release on a Comment from Gen. MacArthur on the Draft Constitution of Japan (1946)
• Japan-North Korea Pyongyang Declaration (2002)
• Agreement on Consular Relations Between Japan and The People's Republic of China (2010)
• The Basic View on the Sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands (2012)
• Government of Japan Standard Terms of Use (Version 2.0) (2015)
• Regarding the incident of an ROK naval vessel directing its FC radar at an MSDF patrol aircraft (December 28, 2018)
• Regarding the incident of an ROK naval vessel directing its FC radar at an MSDF patrol aircraft (January 21, 2019)
• Background and Position of the Government of Japan Concerning the Issue of Former Civilian Workers from the Korean Peninsula (2019)
• Joint Statement of the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee (2021)
• U.S.-Japan Joint Leaders' Statement: "U.S.-Japan Global Partnership For A New Era" (2021)
• U.S.-Japan Climate Partnership on Ambition, Decarbonization, and Clean Energy (2021)

Economy of Japan

• "The Social Problem in Japan" (1911)