Into the archives
Major source material publication projects for premodern history A bit of a change of pace here, but I thought I’d share a bit of the information I’ve gathered ...
Category: Libraries
New version of Yorha Ilgi discovered
It’s always exciting when something new and exciting is discovered getting dusty in a forgotten corner of a library somewhere. This time it’s an ear...
Data: Personal v. Historical
A recent initiative in the US to limit access to birth and death records [via] along with other personal data would severely limit the ability of historical and...
Finding Korean journal articles online
One of the most difficult and frustrating aspects of studying Korean history while outside of Korea must be getting hold of the most up to date research in Kore...
Online resources for Chosŏn history: Government annals
Following the lead of Konrad I thought I might start off my posts with something about finding Korean history resources online. It is now actually possible to d...
National Diet Library Web site
The National Diet Library (NDL) site 国立国会図書館 offers essential resources for research on Japan including the NDL-OPAC (National bibliography) and Journal index 雑...
The Frog in a Well – Japan Librarian
I have an exciting piece of news to share. I am pleased to announce that we have a new and distinguished addition to our list of authors at Frog in a Well ̵...