picture FAH192-01—Japanese Art and Anime
Professor Ikumi Kaminishi, Spring, 2008
The three key topics of the course:
 

1. Japanese pictorial traditions
2.
Japanese Anime
3. Various cultural and social themes reflected in the above two topics


Library Research Sources & Strategies
Prepared by Chao Chen, Reference Librarian, Tisch Library

Cultural and Historical Backgrounds   ·  Biographies   · Art and Anime Surveys:  Japanese Art  &  Japanese Animated Films 

book Books  ·      cArticles     ·      Search Samples     ·    Images      ·    dvdDVDs   ·  Blackboard 

Writing about Art  ·   Writing about Film   ·    How to Cite  ·  RefWorks  ·  Interlibrary Loan Request ·   Course Reserves

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Part A. Historical Backgrounds and Surveys (The books are found at either the Reference or the Oversize shelves. )

1. Cultural and Historical Backgrounds
Verify facts, locate background information, and/or place your research questions in a wider context:

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture. Ref. DS 822.5 .E516 2002
Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. Ref. DS 805 .K633 1983

 
2. Critical Biographies
Grove Art Online
A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer Ref. N7358 .R6
Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. 1981. Ref N 7358 .B55 1981.
 
3. Japanese Art

Grove Art Online [Web Resource]

Arts of Japan N7350 .N63913 2003
Contents v.1. Ancient and medieval.--v.2. Late medieval to modern.

Art in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism (Heian period, 794-1185.)
N7353.3 .S2713
Traditional woodblock prints of Japan (ukiyoe)
NE1310 .T2913
A guide to Japanese prints and their subject matter
(Color prints, Edo period).
NE1321.8 .S74 1979b
Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print, Including an Illustrated Dictionary of Ukiyo-e.
NE1321.8 .L36 1978
Japanese Woodblock Prints: A Bibliography of Writings from 1822-1992.
NE1321.8 .W42

 
4. Japanese Cinema and Animated Films

Anime: a guide to Japanese animation, 1958-1988. Ref. NC1766.J3 B37 2000
The anime movie guide.
NC1766.J3 M33 1997

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Part B. Japanese Art and Anime

1 . Finding Books and Videos/DVDs in Tisch Library and Beyond book c—sample searches

Tufts Library Catalog
WorldCat

Japanese Anime
books on Japanese Anime
a list of all Japanese animated films in Tisch c
works by an animator/filmmaker
criticism and interpretation of animators and their works
 

Japanese Art and Popular Culture
books on Japanese (hand)scrolls and woodblock prints
books on ukiyo-e
books on Japanese popular culture

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2. Finding Journal Articles c

Key Databases
Art Abstracts 1984- .      Search examples.

Bibliography of Asian Studies  1971- .  Search examples.

JSTOR and Project Muse      Search examples

 

Film Criticism and Movie Reviews (Note: the key databases on the left-hand side also include film studies journals.)

Film & Television Literature Index

Film Literature Index

Academic OneFile     Search examples

International Index to the Performing Arts     Search examples

Lexis-Nexis    Search examples

 

Additional Databases
MLA International Bibliography 1963-         Search examples

Historical Abstracts 1969- . Search examples

 

Other Art and Humanities Database
Bibliography of the History of Art

ARTBibliographies Modern 1974-

Arts & Humanities Citation Index 1974-

   

Tips:

  • Use more than one database (each with its own particular academic discipline/subject focus) for a comprehensive and in-depth research on your topic.
  • Follow the search examples, which are based on the key topics in the course, and are designed to highlight effective search strategies

How to find full texts

Writing about Art
A short guide to writing about art Tisch Reserves: N7476 .B37 2005
The art of writing about art (Tisch Oversize:  N7475 .H83 2002)

Writing about Film
A short guide to writing about film / Timothy Corrigan. [Tisch Book Stacks: PN1995 .C66 2004]

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