Kroch Library Resources
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The Wason Collection on East Asia
Overview of resources available for East Asian studies in Kroch Library. Many resources are in East Asian languages.
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Bibliography of Asian Studies
References western-language articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published since 1971.
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Encyclopedia of Japan
A full-text searchable, electronic copy of Kodansha's Encyclopdia of Japan. Useful for brief descriptions of terms, figures, events, musical instruments, song types etc.
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Encyclopedia of Korean Local Culture
A handy resource for looking up people, places, objects and concepts of Korean culture.
Recommended Online Resources
China
- Association for Chinese Music Research
AMCR maintains a listserv, runs conferences, and produces newsletters and bibliographies of writings on Chinese Music
- The Internet Archive of (Traditional) Chinese Music
With samples of traditional Chinese Music.
- An Introduction to Traditional Chinese Music
Essays and links to online videos.
- The Oxford Bibliography of Chinese Music
Japan
- Historical Recordings of Japanese Music
The National Diet Library offers a selection of historical recordings, preserved from 78 rpm records. Over 2000 are publicly available.
- Samples of Japanese Traditional Music
With public domain transcriptions of Japanese songs.
- Teaching Resources (Taiko Drum Example)
TES Resources has a number of free tutorials on Japanese music.
- The Oxford Bibliography of Japanese Music
Korea
- Korean Music Portal
Multi-lingual introduction to traditional Korean music. The "Sori" sections contain various video clips of live performances.
- The National Gugak Center
The leading institution in Korea for traditional music