Print sources in the East Asian Collection
Images include: photographs, photo essays, art work, manga/cartoons and other non-photographic images, hikifuda
(advertising handbills), and more. You will find retrospectives
recapping periods of modern Japanese history, as well as resources that
focus on particular topics, such as women, children, Okinawa, and
southeast Asia, and medieval and pre-modern Japan.
Or use the subject heading Japan - pictorial works
See also manga
Most of these titles are current subscriptions though some older titles are included.
Aera 1993-
Bessatsu Takarajima 1994-
Women's magazines
An An 1994-
Frau 1998-
Fujin kōron
1992-
Himawari 1947-1952
JJ 1995-
Kurowassan 2004-
Nikkei uman = Nikkei woman 2000-
Very 2004-
Film & Anime
Animēju 2006-
Kinema junpō = Kinejun 1997-
Visual resources for Japan
80+ freely accessible websites sortable by format, subject and/or historical period. Includes sites devoted to architecture, calligraphy, ceramics, folk arts, maps, painting, photography, posters, prints, scrolls, sculpture.
Image Collections at Duke
A guide to both Duke licensed and freely accessible images, covering how to find and how to use.
While in Japanese, these books have a wealth of images:
Dentsū kōkoku nenkan
電通広告年鑑
EAC: HF5813.J3 D468; latest in EA Ref.; Duke has 1992-present
Nenkan kōkoku bijutsu. Annual of Advertising Art in Japan
年鑑広告美術 [serial]
Lilly: NC997.A1 A62; Duke has 1958 1963-1985
Nenkan Nihon no kōkoku shashin = Advertising photography in Japan
年鑑日本広告写真 [serial]
Lilly: TR690.4 .N43
Nihon ado purodakushon nenkan. = Annual of Ad Productions in Japan
日本アド•プロダクション年鑑
Earlier title: Advertising design in Japan
EAC: HF5813.J3 A68; Duke has 1994-present
Image Use Protocol
A project of the NCC covers how to get permission to use images held in Japan or found in Japanese publications.
Copyright Permission
Addresses how to find copryight holders (institutions) and how to secure permission to use the image.
Front (Tokyo, Japan)
