JAPANESE RELIGION

A-Z Photo Dictionary of Japanese Sculpture and Art: a site that began with Buddhist statuary, but now includes all aspects of Japanese religion and the supernatural. Fairly reliable.

On-line Dictionary of Japanese Art and Architecture: type a Japanese term into the search engine, and you'll get at least one definition. Quite reliable.

Online Encyclopedia of Shinto

TALE OF GENJI

Resources for Tale of Genji

HUNGRY GHOST AND HELL SCROLLS

Kyoto National Museum Scroll of the Hungry Ghosts: The Gaki-zoshi; you can zoom in on images from class.

NOH AND KYOGEN

The-Noh.Com : includes original Japanese and English translations (more added every month). Translations are not very literary and have no footnotes, but servicable, and the list includes translations available nowhere else. Slide shows of photographs for selected plays. Interviews and stories about performers. And a Japanese monthly guide to live performances in Japan and on Japanese TV.

An Introduction to Noh and Kyogen (includes basic history, intro to stage, masks, costumes, props, types of plays etc.)

Noh Plays (includes original Japanese and English translations of 13 Noh plays, plus list of technical terms by Royall Tyller and glossary of Noh terms by Karen Brazell)

Japanese Text Initiative (Japanese text and English translations of thirteen Noh plays; includes two glossaries of technical terms in Noh)

List of Noh Play Translations ( English translations in various books and articles.)

Atsumori Learning Site (a test site for the Global Performing Arts Database that includes the background story of Atsumori and an interactive text)

Costuming a Warrior for a Japanese Noh Play (test site for the Global Perforing Arts Database that takes the viewer through the process of costuming the shite actor in Atsumori)

Glossary of Noh Theater terms (another test site for the Global Perforing Arts Database: incomplete but includes a number of images of costumes, and detailed descriptions of both masks and costumes, as well as the major technical terms used in Noh and Kyogen)

KABUKI

Kabuki 21 (the best Kabuki site; includes chronology, glossary, lots of plot summaries, and current performance schedules)

Kabuki Kumadori Makeup (images)

YOKAI

The Obakemono Project (now ObakeWiki; includes alphabetical list of obakemono, including entries translated from Sekien's book on yokai)

Foxes, Inari, and Dakini

VIDEO LIST