Ako Vendetta
Edo period
Japan-Netherlands Exchange in the Edo Period, NDL
The history of Japan, by Kaempfer, Engelbert. London, 1727. Enter from the link in the Hollis record.
Edo/Tokyo Digital Museum: Created by the Tokyo Metropolitan Library, the site presents historical documents to explore Edo culture and history.
Books on Japan written in the 16th-19th century
Western Books on Japan, selected titles, more here.
Japan day by day, 1877, 1878-79, 1882-83, by Edward S. Morse Enter from the link in the Hollis record.
The history of Japan, by Kaempfer, Engelbert. London, 1727. Enter from the link in the Hollis record.
日本植物誌 Flora Japonica, by Philipp Franz Balthazar Siebold, 1835-1870.
日本動物誌 Fauna Japonica, by philip Franz Balthazar Siebold, 1835-1870.
Illustrations of Japan : consisting of private memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning dynasty of the Djogouns, or sovereigns of Japan, by Titsingh, 1822.
Japan : an account, geographical and historical : from the earliest period at which the islands composing this empire were known to Europeans, down to the present time, and the expedition fitted out in the United States, etc. by Charles Mac Farlane, 1852.
Society and Culture
Visual guide of Edo Society Prepared by Edo Tokyo Museum of Japan.
The Landmarks of Edo in Color Wood Block Prints The site allows to search in maps and keywords.
Japanese Mathematics in the Edo Period Compiled by the National Diet Library of Japan.
World of Edo Naturalists Visually rich exhibition of Edo books on plants, fish, animals and more, in Japanese.
Films
The 47 Ronin [videorecording] = Genroku chushingura. Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.
Chushingura [videorecording] = The Loyal 47 samurai. Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki.
Ējanai ka [videorecording] . Directed by Imamura Shōhei.
The twilight samurai [videorecording] . Ddirected by Yoji Yamada.
Harakiri [videorecording] = Seppuku / directed by Masaki Kobayashi ; [produced by Tatsuo Hosoya ; written by Shinobu Hashimoto].
Gohatto [videorecording] = Taboo / Oshima Productions Ltd. ; produced by Shochihu Co. Ltd. ; screenplay, directed by Nagisa Oshima