Includes the reading of the name in Japanese for over 200,000 authors, their dates, profession or affiliation, title of book, sources for establishing authority. Nihon choshamei jinmei tenkyoroku. Hatsubaimoto Kinokuniya Shoten, 1989. Nihon jinmei tenkyoroku. Nichigai Associates, 1983.
Index is arranged by first Chinese character of surname, by reading, radical and stroke count.
Useful for hard to read publisher names. A Dictionary of Trade Names.