institutions; and 3) those introduced by a member of the Institute. Online Databases The online databases of the Historiographical Institute correspond to many of its publications. Access to them is provided here at: https://web.archive.org/web/20051119131025/http://www.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cgi-bin/ships/LIB/std_m_ipcheck.pl. Below is a description of the two major databases, plus two important visual image databases. Dai-Nihon shiryō database Among the many specialized databases covering all periods of pre-modern Japanese history, the most important database is the Dai-Nihon shiryō database that corresponds to the mammoth, still-to-be-completed Dai-Nihon shiryō described above. Dai-Nihon komonjo full-text database This database corresponds to the Dai-Nihon komonjo described above, a supplement to the Dai-Nihon shiryō. Visual Image Databases The Historiographical Institute includes a number of visual image databases. Two important databases are: Koshashin (old pictures and photographs) database This database is a collection of old pictures and photographs that span from bakumatsu (the end of the Tokugawa era) through the Meiji period. Shiryō hensan-jo shozō shozōga mohon (portrait) database This is a portrait database of people from that spans from the 9th century until the 19th century. You can search by title of the work and by the name of the person. NOTE: Remote access to the Historiographical Institute databases is often fickle. Dictionary of Sources of Classical Japan Though it is still in draft form, the Dictionary of Sources of Classical Japan is an excellent resource for finding definitions and terms from pre-modern Japanese history and literature. Please follow the link above for more details. Address The address of the Historiographical Institute is: 3-1, Hongo 7-chōme Bunkyō, Tokyo 113-0033, JAPAN Official website: http://www.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.html See also Philosophy of History Historiography of Japan International Research Center for Japanese Studies List of National Treasures of Japan (ancient documents) References Further reading Brownlee, John S. (1997) Japanese historians and the national myths, 1600-1945: The Age of the Gods and Emperor Jimmu. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. Brownlee, John S. (1991). Political Thought in Japanese Historical Writing: From Kojiki (712) to Tokushi Yoron (1712). Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Mehl, Margaret. (1998). History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan London: MacMillan. Webb, Herschel. (1965). Research in Japanese Studies: A Guide New York and London: Columbia University Press. External links The International Commission for the History and Theory of Historiography (ICHTH) Japanese studies University departments in Japan