Nichibunken Databases

Nichibunken Databases.
Developed by Nichibunken, the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, this page lists a variety of useful databases related to Japanese studies, including full texts, images, biographies, bibliographies, directories, and indexes, covering a wide range of subjects such as history, literature, art, geography, and social sciences.
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Chinese Biographical Database

Chinese Biographical Database.
Directed by Professor Marilyn Levine of Eastern Oregon University, this “database project aspires to develop a dynamic, scholarly moderated database…” It provides biographical records for a number of Chinese individuals.
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Contemporary Taiwan Literature Sources System 當代文學史料系統

Contemporary Taiwan Literature Sources 當代文學史料系統.
Developed by the National Central Library, this system can be used to search biographical and bibliographical information about the contemporary (1949-) literary authors active in Taiwan. In addition, photographs about authors and information about literature awards are also available. However, fulltext articles are only available for access inside the NCL network [...]

China Vitae

China Vitae.
According to its website, “China Vitae is a resource of biographical information on more than 4000 Chinese leaders in government, politics, the military, education, business, and the media.”
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Koreanfilm.org

Koreanfilm.org – Movie reviews, news, actor info and more from Korea.
A collection of reviews of Korean films. Also includes short bios of actors. Search engine available.

Koseisha Database 皓星社 明治・大正・昭和前期雑誌記事索引

Koseisha Database 皓星社 明治・大正・昭和前期雑誌記事索引.
Koseisha is the publisher of Meiji Taisho Showa zenki zasshi kiji sakuin shusei, a print index of Japanese periodical articles for the 1868-1948 period. The database provides online access to the author index and some table of contents of the print volumes. On the same page, Koseisha also lists another database [...]

Historical Korean Figures 한국 역대인물 종합정보 시스템

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Hosted at the Academy of Korean Studies, this is a comprehensive biographical database of more than 16,000 Korean figures.

Japanese Biographical Dictionary 人名辞典

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Ricci Roundtable on the History of Christianity in China

Access here.  Including searchable databases on biographies and bibliography.