Dictionary of Sources of Classical Japan

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 (Shiryō 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.

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.

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/

Dictionaries of Japanese

Monolingual dictionaries

Classical Japan	Tenrei Banshō Meigi Shinsen Jikyō Wamyō Ruijushō Ruiju Myōgishō Iroha Jiruishō

Medieval Japan	Jikyōshū Kagakushū Onkochishinsho Wagokuhen Setsuyōshū Rakuyōshū

Modern Japan	Kokushi Daijiten Shin Meikai kokugo jiten Dai Kan-Wa Jiten Kōjien Sanseido Kokugo Jiten Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Nihon Kingendaishi Jiten Daijirin Nihongo Daijiten Daijisen

Bilingual dictionaries

Print	Nippo Jisho Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language Kenkyūsha's New Japanese-English Dictionary Nichi-Ran jiten The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary Dictionary of Sources of Classical Japan

Electronic	Wordtank EDICT WWWJDIC Gjiten Kiten Eijirō Wordtank Wordtank G50 Moji

List of Japanese dictionaries

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