HOLLIS ClassicHarvard-Yenching Library
Japanese Collection
- Overview
- Selected Harvard-Yenching Resources
- Requesting Materials
- Harvard Resources
- Selected Web Sites
- Library Map
Overview
The Japanese Collection of the Harvard-Yenching Library is rich in works on history, literature, and Japan's modern and postwar political, social, and economic development. It also contains the 6,500-volume Petzold Buddhist Collection, including a number of books published in the Edo period (1600–1867), some 200 manuscripts dating from the 14th century, and about 400 scrolls. Japanese works in Sinology are also comprehensively represented. The 15,000-reel microfilm collection of printed books of the Meiji period (1867–1912) is the only complete copy available in the United States. In conjunction with the Japanese-language holdings of the Harvard Law School Library, the Rübel Asiatic Research Collection of the Fine Arts Library, the Harvard Map Collection, and the Documentation Center on Contemporary Japan Collections of the Fung Library, the Japanese Collection of the Harvard-Yenching Library plays an important role in supporting all Japan-related teaching and research activities at Harvard.
Questions and comments, including requests for materials and inquiries about how to use the collection, may be directed to Kuniko Yamada McVey, Librarian for the Japanese Collection, at 617-495-3395 or via e-mail.
Selected Harvard-Yenching Resources
- Search for Japanese-Language Newspapers at Harvard-Yenching
- Digital Resources for Japanese Studies
- Finding Images of East Asia at Harvard and Beyond
Requesting Materials
Harvard Resources
- Japanese-Language Newspapers at Other Harvard Libraries
Holdings in the Harvard collections, most are on microfilm - Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
Information about Japan-related programs, events, and scholarship at Harvard - Rübel Asiatic Research Collection
Collections on Asian art in Asian and Western languages - Harvard University Asia Center
Overview of Asia-related events and programs at Harvard, Asian Studies directory - Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Courses, news, faculty directory
Selected Web Sites
For a broader listing of Japan-related Web sites, please see Digital Resources for Japanese Studies.
- NDL-OPAC
Online catalog for National Diet Library, with link to the periodicals index Zasshi kiji sakuin 雑誌記事索引 - Webcat Plus
Union catalog of university libraries in Japan - National Institute of Japanese Literature
Collection of major Japanese literary databases, including a union catalog of classical (pre-1868) books - Gateway for Japanese Government Web Resources
Gateway to Japanese government information on the Web
