Documentation:Bibliography of Source Materials in Japanese Studies/Reference works/Biographical information

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This page is a bibliography of sources where researchers can find biographical information about the objects of their research.

Available on JapanKnowledge

  • Nihon jinmei daijiten (The Biographical Dictionary of Japan) 日本人名大辞典. Kōdansha, 2002.
  • Iwanami sekai jinmei daijiten (Iwanami Great World Biographical Dictionary) 岩波 世界人名大辞典. Iwanami Shōten, 2013.
  • Shinpen Nihon kakū denshō jinmei jiten (Dictionary of Japanese Fictional and Legendary Characters (New Edition)) 新版日本架空伝承人名事典. Heibonsha, 2012.
  • Nihon jinbutsu bunken mokuroku (Bibliography of Japanese Biographies) 日本人物文献目録. Heibonsha, 1974.

Available in UBC Library

English

  • The Japan Biographical Encyclopedia and Who's Who. Tokyo, The Rengo Press, 1961. Call Number: DS834.J7
  • Hisamatsu, Sen'ichi, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Literature. Tokyo, Kodansha, 1976. Call Number: PL723 .B5 1976
  • Who's Who in Japan, with Manchukuo and China. Holdings for 1938-41. Call Number: DS834.A1 W5
  • Patrick Geoffrey O'Neill. Japanese Names: A Comprehensive Index by Characters and Readings. New York: Weatherhill, 1972. Online Access Available.
  • Iwao, Seiichi, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Japanese History. Translated by Burton Watson. Tokyo : Kodansha International in collaboration with the International Society for Educational Information, 1978. Call Number: DS834 .B559 1978
  • McCullough, Helen Craig and William H. McCullough, trans. A Tale of Flowering Fortunes: Annals of Japanese Aristocratic Life in the Heian Period. Stanford: Stanford Univ. Press, 1980. Call Number: PL787 .E513 1980
  • Tazawa, Yutaka, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Tokyo: Kodansha International in collaboration with the International Society for Educational Information, 1981. Online Access Available.

Japanese

  • Jinbutsu refarensu jiten 人物レファレンス事典. Tokyo: Nichigai Asoshiētsu : Hatsubaimoto Kinokuniya Shoten, 1983. Call Number: CT1832 .J56 1983. REFERENCE - Non circulating
  • Shimonaka Kunihiko 下中邦彦, ed. Nihon jinmei daijiten: gendai 日本人名大事典: 現代. Tokyo, Heibonsha, 1979. Call Number: CT1832 .N48 1979 Suppl. REFERENCE - Non circulating
  • Takeuchi Rizō 竹內理三. Nihon kodai jinmei jiten 日本古代人名辭典. Tokyo, Yoshikawa Kōbunkan. 1958-72. 7 vols. Call Number: DS834 .T2. REFERENCE - Non circulating
  • Rekishi jinmei yomikata jiten 歴史人名よみかた辞典. Nichigai Asoshiētsu : Hatsubaimoto Kinokuniya Shoten, 1989. Call Number: DS834 .R44 1989. REFERENCE - Non circulating
  • Makino Hirozō 槇野廣造, ed. Heian jinmei jiten: Chōhō 2-nen 平安人名辞典: 長保二年. Tokyo, Takashina Shoten, 1993. Call Number: DS856.7 .M34 1993. REFERENCE - Non circulating
  • Makino Hirozō 槇野廣造, ed. Heian jinmei jiten: Kōhei sannen 平安人名辞典: 康平三年 . Osaka, Izumi Shoin, 2007-2008. Call Number: DS856.7 .M334 2007. REFERENCE - Non circulating
  • Yasuda, Motohisa 安田元久. Kamakura, Muromachi jinmei jiten 鎌倉・室町人名事典. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Oraisha, 1985. Call Number: DS857 .K35 1985. REFERENCE - Non circulating
  • Sengoku jinmei jiten 戦国人名辞典. Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 2006. Call Number: DS869.A1 S496 2006. REFERENCE - Non circulating
  • Niwa Motoji 丹羽基二, Nihon Yunibakku 日本ユニバック. Nihon seishi daijiten 日本姓氏大辞典. Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, 1985. Call Number: CS3000 .N576 1985. 3 vols. Index in vol 2.
  • Niwa Motoji 丹羽基二, Nihon Yunibakku 日本ユニバック. Nihon no myōji 日本の苗字. Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, 1978. Call Number: Cs3000 .N56 1978 2 vols. REFERENCE - Non circulating
  • Niwa Motoji 丹羽基二. Nihon myōji daijiten (The expanded dictionary of Japanese family names) 日本苗字大辞典. Tokyo: Hōbunkan, 1996. Call Number: CS3000 .N5748 1996 3 vols. REFERENCE - Non circulating
  • Jitsuyō seishi jiten 実用姓氏辞典. Meeringusha, 1966. Call Number: CS3000 .J58 1965
  • Ongakka jinmei jiten 音楽家人名事典. Tokyo, Nichigai Asoshiētsu : Hatsubaimoto Kinokuniya Shoten, 1991. Call Number: ML385 .O532 1991

Not Available in UBC Library

  • Takeuchi Makoto 竹内誠 and Fukai Masaumi 深井雅海. Nihon kinsei jinmei jiten 日本近世人名辞典. Tokyo: Yoshikawa kōbunkan, 2005. WorldCat.

Unsorted (pulled from other sources, have to check UBC availability)

Jinmei yomikata jiten. Nichigai Associates, 1983. 2 vols.

Seiyô jinmei yomikata jiten. Nichigai Associates, 1992. 3 Volumes. VOL I: Government, Economics, Society, Science and Technology VOL II: Philosophy, Religion, and Literature VOL III: Art, Music, Drama, Sports

Jinbutsu refarensu jiten. Nichigai Associates, 1983.

Nihon keifu sôran. Hioki Shôichi, ed. Kodansha, 1990.

Kansei chôshû shoka fu.

Keizu bunken shiryô sôran. Ryokuin shobô, 1992.

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