About Encyclopedia of Japanese Historical Place Names

This is a fully digital version of a historical place name dictionary, categorizing 20,000 entries which encompass all of the prefectures of Japan plus Kyoto City, edited to reflect recent changes such as municipal mergers and changes in place names. It also contains some archeological 500 notes reflecting the latest research.

Contents information

Original books	日本歴史地名大系
Publisher	Heibonsha Limited, Publishers
Publication date	September 20, 1979 - October 20, 2004
Number of volumes	A work in fifty volumes（fifty-one volumes）
Book price (including tax)	¥1,295,000
Release date of JK	October 1, 2006
Number of entries	200,000 entries
Number of characters	106,400,000 characters
Search mode	OneLook Search / Individual Search
Accompanying materials	Explanatory note / How to use the Individual Search