Encyclopedia of Japanese Historical Place Names

The complete digitization of all data found in the Encyclopedia of Japanese Historical Place Names, which is the collected result of research into place names and regional history, compiled with the cooperation of historians nationwide. You can view not only some 150,000 place-name entries from the 47 prefectures of the Japanese islands plus Kyoto City, but also valuable supplementary materials such as annotated bibliographies, map types, changes in administrative districts, and a listing of kokudaka crop-yield valuations. In addition, you can search by “changed place name,” in response to mergers of cities, towns, and villages, transitions to ordinance-designated cities, and the execution of municipal organization, which may have occurred after publication of the print edition.