Maps, Ukiyo-e and other images from the Premodern Era
- UBC Special Collections Japan maps of the Tokugawa EraUBC boasts one of the world's largest collections of Tokugawa era maps and images. The items are currently stored at the Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC).
- UW Take Me There: Maps and Books from Old JapanCollection of Tokugawa era maps at the University of Washington, originally designed as a guide to the exhibit. Each item is provided cataloging info in both English and Japanese, followed by a reference list.
- Japanese Historical Maps – UC Berkeley CollectionThe UC Berkeley Collection contains maps and atlases of Japan and the world created between Tokugawa and Meiji eras.
- Japanese Woodblock Print SearchThe site collects images of over 223,000 ukiyo-e prints worldwide, searchable by time and by artist. Where multiple images of the same work are available, users can not only find out the institutions they are stored in but easily compare the images for the slight difference in color usage, condition of the work, and other fine differences.
Images from Early Modern to Modern Era
- Digital Library from the Meiji EraProvides multimedia resources from the Meiji era on, including books, music files, newspapers and magazines, gazetteer, and documents from the Postwar era.
- Yuzuru HIraga Digital ArchiveHistorical documents, mostly naval-and shipbuilding related, left by the Vice Admiral and the 13th President of the University of Tokyo.
- Mainichi Photo BankBeing the biggest photography database in Japan, Mainichi Photo Bank provides photographs from as early as the bakumatsu era to most up-to-date news.