PATRICK CADDEAU
Dean of Forbes College, Princeton University

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TreeHugger.com: great information about design and sustainability

  • Interesting cultural and cross-cultural web sites related to Japan
     

    New Yorker a    rticles on Japan
    (including some great cover art)
    		  


    Tokugawa Art Museum: A wonderful collection based in Nagoya. Many of the best scenes from a famous 12th century handscroll illustrating     The Tale of Genji are preserved here and can be viewed from their web site. (Information in Japanese and English). The Gotoh Museum in Tokyo is the other major holder of illustrations from the oldest extant illustrated Genji handscroll.

    Ningyojoruri Bunraku: Japanese puppet theater site with beautiful photographs and useful information (in Japanese)
  • Current Events: Asia-->Japan

     Time: Asia

    New York Times coverage of Asia

    Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese)

     The Japan Times Online (in English)
  • Japanese Literature

     The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) and related study links (maintained by Michael Watson)

    Royall Tyler's new translation of     The Tale of Genji

    Genji Daigaku.com : Kodansha's website promoting the new Japanese translation of     The Tale of Genji by Setouchi Jakucho. Contains a "digital Heian library" with interesting plot summaries and information about Heian culture (in English and Japanese).

    Premodern Japanese studies discussion group and electronic resources (by Michael Watson)

    Suggested references for premodern Japanese literary studies: resources for students (my own webpage)

    Murakami Haruki: Featured Author from     New York Times "Books" section (8/18/2002) with reviews, interviews, and excerpts from Murakami's recent publications (registration required)
  • Japanese Film

    Kinema Club: Japanese Cinema site

    Japanese Cinema: Online research journal (Kyoto University, in Japanese with some articles in Western languages)


  • Japanese Language

    Japanese Language Program at Princeton University

    Fun website on the basics for learning to     read and write Chinese characters (kanji)

    Japanese library resources on the web (maintained by Sharon Domier)

    Japanese computing resources: Jim Breen's Japanese Page

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