- Documents Relating to the Development of the Atomic Bomb and its use on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Links to primary and secondary sources regarding the bombing of Hiroshima.
www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/hiroshim.htm
- 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu Earthquake@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Historic_Earthquakes/Hyogo_ken_Nanbu__Japan___January_17__1995
- Modern History Sourcebook: The Nanking Massacre - 1937
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/nanking.html
- Personal Record of Hiroshima A-Bomb Survival
Memoir by Takeharu Terao. Includes reader responses.
www.coara.or.jp/~ryoji/abomb/e-index.html
- Schauwecker's Guide to Japan: Japanese Emperors
www.japan-guide.com/e/e2135.html
- Basho, Matsuo (1644-1694)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Poets/Basho__Matsuo__1644_1694_
- Scientific Data of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Disaster
Provides data on physical, medical, and epidemiological aspects.
www-sdc.med.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/n50/start-E.html
- Constitution of the Empire of Japan (1889)
Text of Japan's first European-style constitution, which established the Diet while maintaining the sovereignty of the emperor.
history.hanover.edu/texts/1889con.html
- A-Bomb Dome@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Hiroshima/Entertainment_and_Arts
- Origins of the Samurai
Describes the development of the warrior class from the 4th through the 8th centuries.
www.judoinfo.com/samurai.htm
- Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
Text of the 1920 book featuring three 11th century diaries: the Sarashina Diary, the diary of Murasaki Shikibu, and the diary of Izumi Shikibu.
digital.library.upenn.edu/women/omori/court/court.html
- BBC News: Scarred by History - The Rape of Nanjing
2005 article covering one of the great atrocities of modern times and those who fight the Japanese government to recognize true accounts.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/223038.stm
- Hagakure@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Tsunetomo__Yamamoto__1659___/Hagakure
- Remembering Nagasaki
Photographic essay of and discussion about the bombing of Nagasaki.
www.exploratorium.edu/nagasaki
- Shikibu, Lady Murasaki (978?-1025?)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Literary_Fiction/Shikibu__Lady_Murasaki__978__1025__
- A-Bomb WWW Museum
Includes a description of the first atomic bomb, photos from the Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, and interviews with A-bomb survivors.
www.csi.ad.jp/ABOMB
- Surviving the Atomic Attack on Hiroshima, 1945
Excerpts from Michihiko Hachiya's diary of his experience. From EyeWitness to History.
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/hiroshima.htm
- Kyuba no Michi: The Way of Horse and Bow
Covers the origins of the samurai, Bushido, traditional weapons, and art as well as quotes and stories of famous samurai.
victorian.fortunecity.com/duchamp/410/main.html
- MetroActive News & Issues: The Rape of Nanking
Interview with author Iris Chang about her book The Rape of Nanking and her work trying to bring details of Japanese war crimes in China to light.
www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/12.12.96/cover/china1-9650.html
- Contemporary Japan: The Meiji Restoration and Modernization
Covers the development of Japan into an industrial, capitalist state on Western models.
afe.easia.columbia.edu/japan/japanworkbook/modernhist/meiji.html
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