Links

Here are some links to interesting web sites on East Asian art, languages and culture, followed by more links to Italian universities, Italian and foreign museums of East Asian art. 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.
• 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 relation 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.
• Korea.net - Website directory on Korea, in the official site of Korean government.
• Click Korea - Website directory on Korean art and culture, developed by Korea Foundation.
• 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.
  
• Association for Asian Studies - The Association for Asian Studies (AAS)—the largest society of its kind, with approximately 7,000 members worldwide—is a scholarly, non-political, non-profit professional association open to all persons interested in Asia. Many useful links.
• 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 performatove arts.
• Wikipedia English - Most articles are reliable. Very good for a first approach to any subject.

WEB SITES OF ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES WITH COURSES ON EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES OR ARTS

• Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Orientali di Bologna
• Facoltà di Studi Orientali a Roma, Sapienza
• Università Ca' Foscari a Venezia
• Università di Lingue Straniere di Torino
• Università L'Orientale di Napoli
• Università di Catania
• Università degli Studi di Firenze
• Università di Lecce
• Università di Milano - Facoltà di Scienze Politiche
• Università degli Studi di Padova
• Università degli Studi di Pavia
• Università di Siena
• Università degli Studi di Sassari

EAST ASIAN CULTURE IN ITALY... AND MORE

• Associazione Culturale Takamori
• CinaOggi - Il Portale Italiano dedicato alla Cina
• GiapponeGiappone
• Tour in Cina
• Viaggi di cultura - Turismo culturale dal 1953
• Iroha
• Manekineko - Association of Japanese families in Bologna. Manekineko collaborates with CSAEO.
• CESMEO - International Institute for advanced Asian Studies - In Turin
• CELSO - Institute for Oriental Studies - In Genoa.
• JFROMA- Istituto giapponese di cultura
• Nipponico
• Tokyo Tourism Info - Tokyo sightseeing comprehensive guide
• Asian World - East Asian cinema
• Far East Film
• Japan Foundation - JF is a semi-governmental organization specialized in dissemination of Japanese culture and international cultural exchange.
• Nippon Foundation
  
• Korea Foundation- KF introduces Korean culture to the world through various international exchange programs.

ITALIAN MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES OF EAST ASIAN ART

• Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale "G. Tucci" - Roma
• Museo Civico d'Arte Orientale - Trieste
• Museo Chiossone - Genova
• Museo d'Arte Orientale - Torino
• Museo d'Arte Cinese - Parma
• Museo d'Arte Orientale - Venezia
• Museo del Pontificio Istituto Missioni Estere - Milano
• Museo Etnologico Missionario - Castelnuovo Don Bosco (AT)
• Museo Internazionale della Ceramica - Faenza (RA)
• Museo Missionario Cinese e di Storia Naturale - Lecce
• Museo Missionario d'Arte Cinese - Bologna
• Museo Missionario Francescano - Monselice (PD)
• Museo Missionario-Etnologico - Città del Vaticano
• Museo dei Popoli e delle Culture - Milano
• Museo Stibbert - Firenze
• Museo Missionario di San Francesco - Fiesole (FI)

FOREIGN MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES OF EAST ASIAN ART

• National Palace Museum-Taipei
• Beijing Palace Museum
• Tokyo National Museum
• Kyoto National Museum
• MOA Museum of Art
• National Museum of Korea
• Boston Museum of Fine Arts
• Freer Gallery of Art
• Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
• Musée Guimet
• British Museum
• Victoria and Albert Museum
• Ashmolean Museum
• Itabashi Art Museum - This museum in Tokyo has close relations with Bologna and with CSAEO.

LIBRARY CATALOGUES

• British Library Catalogue
• Library of Congress
• Bibliothèque Nationale de France
• Karlsruhe Virtual Catalogue
• National libraries in Italy and abroad
  
• SBN (Italian National Library Service) - Search