A question about dictionaries of Japanese place names

[clements rebekah]

Dear PMJS list members,

I wonder whether anyone could advise me on the advantages and disadvantages of the 日本歴史地名大系 versus the 角川日本地名大辞典 for a historian of early modern Japan. I am interested in purchasing institutional access to one, but probably not to both unless they complement each other to a great extent.

I have read the descriptions on the Japan Knowledge website (https://japanknowledge.com/contents/rekishi/index.html and https://japanknowledge.com/contents/kadokawachimei/index.html), but it would be helpful have the benefit of colleagues' experience. I have previously used the 角川日本地名大辞典 but not the 日本歴史地名大系.

Any advice would be welcome.

With thanks,

Rebekah

Rebekah Clements
ICREA Research Professor
Departament de Traducció i d'Interpretació i d'Estudis d'Àsia Oriental
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
https://www.icrea.cat/Web/ScientificStaff/rebekah-e-clements-293897.

[Christopher Mayo]

Dear Rebekah,

Hello. I think you have a difficult decision to make, because both reference works are excellent. 

I recommend you take a look at the bibliographical guide at Columbia University (in this case written by Jordan Sand, revised by David Lurie, and updated by Federico Marcon) for a clear and succinct comparison of the two resources.

http://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/BIB95/ch13.htm#Heibonsha

I regularly use both, but tend to rely more on the Heibonsha series for my research (medieval Japan).

The Columbia guide is about two decades old now, but still remains a tremendously useful resource. I don’t know if we could match it, but perhaps PMJS could pool our resources together and provide a more regularly updated alternative.

Best regards,

Chris

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[Jordan Sand]

Years ago in Henry Smith's graduate seminar in Japanese bibliography, we did brief reviews of geographical and historical dictionaries, among other reference works. Henry put the material on line here:

http://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/BIB95/contents.htm

I don't know if you will find information that serves your purpose, but lots of good work went into the project so I send along the link.

Jordan Sand

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[clements rebekah]

Many thanks to all who replied to my question. Henry Smith's bibliography is new to me. What a great resource!

Rebekah

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