Publications Concerning Clothing Culture Database

Database Overview

This database contains 7 kinds of documents related to clothing culture.

1. The Japanese periodical articles from 1967 to the current issues.
2. The Japanese periodical articles from 1868 to 1945.
3. The foreign language books and Periodical articles from 1930 to 1980.
4. The Japanese books from 1868 to the current publications. Publications in the National Diet Library not specializing in costume from 1868 to 1945, indexed information regarding the mention of costume has been included.
5. Only the indexed information in foreign language publications is in the Minpaku’s library. It is possible to search for documents by the bibliographical information, places, period, keywords, etc.
6. The Japanese documents contained in municipal histories (or chronicles) published nationwide since 1868.
7. The document images of old magazines published between 1868 and 1945. When necessary, please also consult the National Diet Library Digital Collections. Individual articles contained in old magazines are selectively indexed in the database, “2. The Japanese articles from 1880 to 1945.”
   To view a list of old magazines, please check “7. The document images of old magazines published between 1868 and 1945” under “Advanced Search”, and then click the search button.

The National Museum of Ethnology, doesn’t own the documents contained in 1, 2 and 4. Currently, It is linking to the full text in the National Diet Library, the National Institute of Informatics and DOI number. And also, it can search for the location of materials by CiNii Research of the National Institute of Informatics.

Originally, this database project was jointly initiated by Daimaru laboratory and Kubo laboratory in the National Museum of Ethnology, and Takahashi laboratory in the Osaka-Shoin Women's University. Currently, it is inherited to and maintained by the MCD Research Project Team organized in the National Museum of Ethology.

The current sum total of the data is over 191,000 items.

This database is partially funded by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, which is part of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

We also have received support from many institutions and researchers during the development. We truly appreciate all of their help.

Other related databases

• Clothing and Accessory Collection Database
• Chronology of Japanese Clothing Culture in the Modern Age
• Image Database of Japanese Clothing Culture in the Modern Age

The copyright of this database belongs to the National Museum of Ethnology and MCD Research Project.