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	East Asian History Sourcebook - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html Provides access to primary source texts from East Asian countries, particularly China, Japan, and Korea. Arranged by era from ancient history to post-World War II.
	Edo Japan - A Virtual Tour - http://www.us-japan.org/edomatsu/ Take a tour through Tokyo during the period of the Tokugawa shoguns, and learn about the history of Japan's greatest city. Illustrated by ukiyo-e images, the text discusses the traditions that underlie Japanese culture.
	History of Japan's Literature - http://www.kanzaki.com/jinfo/jliterature.html Includes brief overviews of each period of Japanese literature from ancient times to present.
	Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan - http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/omori/court/court.html Includes 3 diaries written by women aristocracy, created around 1000 AD.
	Kamakura - http://www.kcn-net.org/e_kama_history/ Includes origins, history, and glossary of place names.

	History of Japan - William Gilmore - http://loki.stockton.edu/~gilmorew/consorti/1ceasia.htm Outlines Japanese history through the Meiji period of restoration. Find links to major historical figures and events.
	Crystalinks.com - Ancient Japan - http://www.crystalinks.com/japan.html Ancient Japan Haiku history and chronology.
	Asuka Historical Museum - http://www.asukanet.gr.jp/asukahome/ History and art of Asuka, the first Japanese capital (7th century). Virtual museum containing both text and photos.
	Japan Information Network - Todaiji Temple - http://web-japan.org/atlas/historical/his13.html Temple complex in Nara, Japan includes the largest wooden building in the world. View the Great Buddha housed inside and learn about the complex's history.
	Japan of Today - http://web-japan.org/museum/historyofjp/histjp.html Includes a brief history of Japan from ancient times through developments after 1945. Find geographical and topographical details as well.

	Jo-Bo System of Heijo-Kyo, Ancient Japan - http://www.hgeo.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp/soramitsu/heijokyo.html Brief discussion of ancient city planning, using Nara as the example. Illustrations of the original grid system and its remains.
	Ancient Japan - http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/english/worldlit/wldocs/churchill/japan.htm Outlines the major developments of the Jomon through the Nara periods. Mentions important figures and dates.
	Nakasendo Highway: A Journey to the Heart of Japan - http://hkuhist2.hku.hk/nakasendo/ Gives description and significance of one of Japan's most important roads, as well as its influence on history and Japan's development.
	Women Warriors of Japan - http://www.koryu.com/Library/wwj1.html Provides a history of women's role in Japanese martial arts from the ancient era until modern times.
	Study of the Enoshima Engi - http://www2.gol.com/users/bartraj/goddessindex-1.html A study, including translation, of the Enoshima Engi, a 6th century dragon story by the 11th century Japanese monk Kokei. Finds Kokei's narrative is closer to history than myth.

	Japanese Rice Culture - The Misunderstood Philosophy of the Agrarian Past - http://home.worldcom.ch/~negenter/473bTx_E01.html Essay on ancient rituals and peasant society practices that became part of Japanese traditional culture and still influence present day rural society.
	Ancient Japan - http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ANCJAPAN/ANJAPAN1.HTM Gives timeline and events during old Japanese history from approximately 10,000 B.C. to the end of the Heian Period in 1192 A.D.
	Kaido: The Ancient Roads of Japan - http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/nagano/atlas/a-8.html A kids' information site from the Nagano Olympics, has basic information on the establishment and use of roads from c. 700.

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