Oral histories.

Oral histories.

Collection of over 170 maps that document how the West's image of East Asia evolved over the course of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

Documents the post-World War II revival of interest in bunraku. More that 12,500 slides and nearly 7,000 black-and-white photographs, as well as theater programs, texts, and audio and video recordings of interviews. Most of the collection has yet to be digitized.

Collection of monographs issued by the Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan.

Examples of late 17th century to early 20th century Japanese woodblock prints by the artists Chikanobu (1838-1912) and Yoshitoshi (1839-1892).

Mass education materials published in Hong Kong and in Mainland China, particularly Shanghai, in the years 1947-1954.

Rubbings made from stone stelae, tomb tablets, rocks, bronze vessels, jade objects, ceramics, tomb bricks, and roof tiles. Source objects date from the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BCE) to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE).

Currently unavailable online. Might be available on microfilm--inquire with librarian. NARA RG 84: Records of the Department of State Diplomatic Post Files: Japan. From ProQuest History Vault: U.S. Diplomatic Post Records, 1914-1945.

Currently unavailable online. Might be available on microfilm--inquire with librarian. NARA RG 84: Records of the Department of State Diplomatic Post Files: Legation, Tokyo, Japan. From ProQuest History Vault: U.S. Diplomatic Post Records, 1914-1945.

Currently unavailable online. Might be available on microfilm--inquire with librarian. NARA RG 84: Records of the Department of State Diplomatic Post Files: Embassy, Tokyo, Japan. Part of ProQuest History Vault: U.S. Diplomatic Post Records, 1914-1945.

Currently unavailable online. Might be available on microfilm--inquire with librarian. NARA RG 84: Records of the Department of State Diplomatic Post Files: Embassy, Tokyo, Japan; RG 59 Records of the Department of State. Part of ProQuest History Vault: U.S. Diplomatic Post Records, 1914-1945.

Photographs, illustrations, and field notes from anthropologist David Plath's 1965 research trip to Japan, where he studied four utopian communities: Ittoen, Atarashiki Mura, Shinkyo, and Yamagishi Kai.

Part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.

Rare source collections for the study of Asian history, with English-language interface.

Multiple sub-collections, including Japanese Empire Postcard Collection, Truku-Japanese War Commemorative Postcard Collection, Japanese Imperial House Postcard Album, Stereoviews of the Siege of Port Arthur, Imperial Postcards, Tsubokura Russo-Japanese War Postcard Album, Sino-Japanese War Postcard Album, Lin Chia-Feng Family Postcards, Japanese History Study Cards, Pacific War Postcards, Dutch East Indies Negatives, Manchuria Negatives, Taiwan Negatives, Japan Slides, Souvenirs of Beijing and Tokyo, and more.

Collection of print publications (newspapers, magazines, books, and pamphlets) issued in Japan during the immediate post-World War II years, 1945-1949. Includes guides to collections that haven't yet been digitized, and a section of English-language sources.

Over 5,000 photographs taken by Hedda Hammer Morrison (1908–1991) while resident in Beijing from 1933 to 1946.

Manuscripts, paintings, textiles and artefacts from Dunhuang and archaeological sites of the Eastern Silk Road.

Important Japanese historical documents with English-language translations.

Classical Japanese literature.

Popular Chinese women's magazine.

Collection of portraits of patients at the Canton Hospital, China, ca. 1830s.

Images from China, 1898-1908, including images of the Boxer Rebellion.

Diary of a 1926 trip to China, Japan, and other parts of East Asia.

Historical maps and images of Tibet from the holdings of the American Geographical Society Library.

Declassified government documents that cover U.S. policy decisions from post World War II through the 21st century.

15th century to the present. Emphasis on the British Empire. Collection tilts heavily toward the 18th century, 19th century, and early 20th centuries.