North America
Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University
Address
2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Kuniko Yamada McVey
Librarian for the Japanese Collection
Tel: +1 617-495-3395 Fax: +1 617-496-4992
e-mail: kmcvey@fas.harvard.edu
Librarian for the Japanese Collection
Tel: +1 617-495-3395 Fax: +1 617-496-4992
e-mail: kmcvey@fas.harvard.edu
Size of collection
Books & manuscripts: Approximately 3,900 titles; 15,000 volumes
Single-sheet items (mostly scrolls): 590 titles; 640 sheets
Single-sheet items (mostly scrolls): 590 titles; 640 sheets
Collection description
Almost all materials in the collection are published, or produced before 1868. Petzold Buddhist collection shares about 20 % of books and manuscripts, and most of scrolls including one of oldest manuscripts in the collection dated in 14th century.
Not only Chinese classics and Japanese literary works are well represented but also books for common readers such as Edo popular literature, illustrated books, practical guide books in wide range of subjects and maps are found in the collection.
Not only Chinese classics and Japanese literary works are well represented but also books for common readers such as Edo popular literature, illustrated books, practical guide books in wide range of subjects and maps are found in the collection.
Access to bibliographic data
A)Online catalogues
Hollis
B)Printed catalogues
*Harvard-Yenchinbg Library. ハーバード燕京図書館和書目錄 = Early Japanese books at Harvard-Yenching Library, Oka Masahiko, Aoki Toshiyuki (Tōkyō : Yumani Shobō. 1994).
*Harvard-Yenching Library. ハーバード燕京図書館の日本古典籍 = Japanese Rare Books in Harvard-Yenching Library with supplementary catalog. Suzuki Jun and Kuniko Yamada McVey (Tōkyō : Yagi Shoten, 2008).
Hollis
B)Printed catalogues
*Harvard-Yenchinbg Library. ハーバード燕京図書館和書目錄 = Early Japanese books at Harvard-Yenching Library, Oka Masahiko, Aoki Toshiyuki (Tōkyō : Yumani Shobō. 1994).
*Harvard-Yenching Library. ハーバード燕京図書館の日本古典籍 = Japanese Rare Books in Harvard-Yenching Library with supplementary catalog. Suzuki Jun and Kuniko Yamada McVey (Tōkyō : Yagi Shoten, 2008).
How can researchers gain access to the material?
The library provides access to the rare books collection to Harvard ID holders and researchers of other universities, colleges, and research centers who present a current institutional ID and register at the Circulation Desk..
The Rare books reading room opens Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm. Admittance policy and related information are available at the library web site.
The Rare books reading room opens Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm. Admittance policy and related information are available at the library web site.
Select bibliography of publications about the collections (books, articles)
*Harold Bolitho, “Tokugawa Japan’s Tourist Revolution” in Harvard-Yenching Library,
Treasures of the Yenching: seventy-fifth anniversary of the Harvard-Yenching Library (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University, 2003), pp. 31-54.
*John Rosenfield and Fumiko Cranston, “The Bruno Petzold Collection of Buddhist and Shinto Scrolls” in Treasures of the Yenching, pp. 219-260.
*Harvard-Yenching Library. ハーバード燕京図書館の日本古典籍 = Japanese Rare Books in Harvard-Yenching Library with supplementary catalog. Suzuki Jun and Kuniko Yamada McVey ed. (Tōkyō : Yagi Shoten, 2008) The volume features five essays on the collection.
*John Rosenfield and Fumiko Cranston, “The Bruno Petzold Collection of Buddhist and Shinto Scrolls” in Treasures of the Yenching, pp. 219-260.
*Harvard-Yenching Library. ハーバード燕京図書館の日本古典籍 = Japanese Rare Books in Harvard-Yenching Library with supplementary catalog. Suzuki Jun and Kuniko Yamada McVey ed. (Tōkyō : Yagi Shoten, 2008) The volume features five essays on the collection.
Is reproduction of the material permitted ?
Readers can consult with the curator Chum Shun for reproducing materials.
In many cases when its condition allows, readers are referred to Harvard’s Imaging Services that offers full range of reproduction services with fee.
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