Links

Here you find links to interesting web sites on East Asian art, languages and culture, followed by more links to Italian universities, East Asian art museums in Italy and abroad.
In addition, a few links to the biggest library catalogues for bibliographic research.

Please suggest new web sites. Send an e-mail.

Unknown, A Portrait of the Painter Shen Zhou (1427-1509)

Jim Breen's Japanese Page - Jim Breen of Monash University, Australia, has assembled many pages to provide information about his projects in the area of Japanese computing and dictionaries and to provide links to some of the resources available on the web on Japanese matters.
The Virtual Museum of Japanese Art - Interactive tour on Japanese fine and performative arts.
China Online Museum - A virtual museum of Chinese art
Victoria and Albert Museum - Very good site. The "Asia Resource" page is really useful and full of links.
Nipponica - Events and courses on Japan. Close partnership with CSAEO.
Ukiyo-e: The Pictures of the Floating World - One of the best sites on ukiyo-e woodblock prints, created by Hans Olof Johansson. Many links.
Viewing Japanese Prints - Another very good site on ukiyo-e. By John Fiorillo. See also by the same author OsakaPrints.com, a must about Kamigata ukiyo-e
Korea.net - Official website of the Republic of Korea
Korean Film Archive - For Korean cinema lovers
Society for Japanese Arts - SJA, founded in the Netherlands, organizes exhibitions, various events, publishes gorgeous books and an important magazine, called Andon. CSAEO is a member of SJA.
The Artists of Japan - Collection of artists profiles, signatures, seals, with bibliography.
Sengoku Daimyô - Website on Medieval Japan by Anthony J. Bryant. Useful information and illustrations about clothing, accessories, and more.
James Cahill - The late James Cahill was the leading Western expert in Chinese painting. Texts, videos, photos, blog, etc.
Web Japan -One of the leading websites for information on Japan, sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Bunka Digital Library (in Japanese) - Very good site on Japanese traditional culture, especially performative arts.
Wikipedia English - Most articles are reliable and useful (for instance, for Japanese and Korean art, see the National Treasures list). Very good for a first approach to any subject.
David Bull, woodblock printmaker - Very good site on Japanese woodblock printing techniques.
The Fitzwilliam Museum - Interesting Online Exhibitions.
Art Scene China - Contemporary Chinese art
Chinaculture.org - Rich web site on various aspects of Chinese culture
The-Noh.com - A very complete site on Nô theatre
Modern Tokyo Times - With interesting news about culture and art
Japanology - NHK videos on various aspects of Japanese culture
Waseda University Cultural Resource database - Very important database on ukiyo-e and Japanese theatre