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Online database of Japanese historical documents
Japanese Historical Text Initiative (JHTI ) is a searchable online database of Japanese historical documents and English translations. It is part of the Center for Japanese Studies at the
University of California at Berkeley .
[1]
History
Delmer M. Brown started the process of establishing JHTI in 1998.
[2] The development of JHTI involved negotiations with the
University of Tokyo Press and the
National Institute of Japanese Literature .
[3]
Select list
JHTI is an expanding online collection of historical texts. The original version of every paragraph is cross-linked with an English translation. The original words in Japanese and English translation are on the same screen.
[4] There are seven categories of writings,
[2] including
Ancient chronicles
These works were compiled by officials of the Imperial Court at the command of the emperors.
[2]
Ancient gazetteers
These records,
Fudoki , were compiled by provincial officials according to imperial edicts during the first half of the 8th century.
[2]
Ancient kami-civil code
This was a compilation of religious law and civil law.
[2]
Medieval stories
These historical tales (
monogatari ) were about what was said and done by the prominent historical figures in aristocratic and military clans in feudal Japan
[2]
Medieval and early-modern histories
These three histories were written in ways that mirror the religious and political interests of their authors.
[2]
State and Imperial Shinto
These works are about State Shinto and the Empire of Japan.
[2]
Late-Edo period and Meiji period texts
This category is for miscellaneous writings which are from Japan's pre-modern and early-modern periods.
[2]
See also
References
^ Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS) at University of California at Berkeley,
"Japanese Historical Text Initiative (JHTI)" ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
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"Workshop on Japanese Historical Text Initiative (JHTI)" . Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) . Stanford University. Archived from
the original on 2016-06-11.
^ IEAS,
"In Memoriam: Delmer Myers Brown" ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
^ Japanese Historical Text Initiative (JHTI),
"About JHTI" ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
^ JHTI,
Kojiki ; retrieved 2013-02-01.
^ JHTI,
Nihon Shoki ; retrieved 2013-02-01.
^ JHTI,
Shoku Nihongi ; retrieved 2013-02-01.
^ JHTI,
Kogoshui ; retrieved 2013-02-01.
^ JHTI,
Izumo Fudoki ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
^ JHTI,
Harima Fudoki ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
^ JHTI,
Bungo Fudoki ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
^ JHTI,
Hizen Fudoki ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
^ JHTI,
Hitachi Fudoki ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
^ JHTI,
Engi Shiki ; retrieved 2013-02-01.
^ JHTI,
Okagami ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
^ JHTI,
Yamato Monagatari ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
^ JHTI,
Eiga Monogatari ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
^ JHTI,
Taiheiki ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
^ JHTI,
Azuma Kagami ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
^ JHTI,
Gukansho ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
^ JHTI,
Jinno Shotoki ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
^ JHTI,
Tokushi Yoron ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
^ JHTI,
Meiji Horei ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
^ JHTI,
Kokutai no Hongi ; retrieved 2013-2-1.
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