Links

Game Links

• Legends of the Five Rings RPG - Official publisher's site
• AEG Forums
• Iuchi Datsuko's L5R Scriptorium - Useful links, pretty L5R Web graphics and themes.
• RPGNet L5R wiki

Rokugan

• Shinjo Yuriko's compendium of Rokugan etiquette and custom
• Wikipedia: Rokugan
• House of the Jade Lantern
• L5R Wiki

Japan

• Internet Resources: Japan - lots of links on medieval Japan (and other eras)
• Jim Breen's Japanese Page - A very nice academic page containing an extensive collection of interesting links and resources, as well as collections of images

The Brush

Language

• Jeffrey's Japanese<->English Dictionary - Gateway
• Jim Breen's Japanese-English Dictionary Project
• Japanese Translator

Names

• Onomastikon: Japan - Kate Monk's Dictionary of Names
• Behind the Names: Japanese Names - with etymology
• Japanese Names - a simple overview of Japanese naming conventions
• Wikipedia: Japanese Name - a much more elaborate overview and history

Folklore

• Tales of Old Japan, by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, on the Gutenberg Project
• Mukashibanashi Library
• Japanese Fairy Tales, by Theresa Peirce Williston

Art

• Ando Hiroshige
• Jim Breen's Ukiyo-E Gallery, a lovely collection of ukiyo-e prints
• Ukiyo-e Museum Nagoya TV Server, a wonderful collection of prints from the Edo period
• Hanga Online Gallery: has a remarkable choice of nicely scanned pictures
• Artcyclopedia: Ukiyo-e - "Images from the Floating World"
• Antique Japanese Woodblock Prints on Stuart Jackson Gallery
• Ronin Gallery
• Yoshotoshi Online Exhibition on the Fitzwilliam Museum site - a collection of impressions of woodcut prints by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
• Museum Syndicate: Works from Japan

The Sword

Samurai and Martial Arts

• The Electric Samurai and particularly its subarea the Samurai Gallery, with gorgeous pictures of historical samurai
• Ominobu: Japanese Samurai Warfare (and a whole lot more)
• e-Budokai.com, dedicated to Japanese-style martial arts
• Yachigusa Ryu - Martial arts and art. Check out the article on samurai dog armour!

Law Enforcement

• The Tokugawa police force
• Doshin - Low-grade law enforcers