Chinese and Japanese Catalogues of the Harvard-Yenching Library

An invaluable reference tool now available in microfiche format. With over 900,000 cards reproduced from the extensive holdings in Harvard University’s Yenching Library prior to 1989, both collections provide primary sources for Chinese and Japanese history, language and literature, philosophy and religion, fine arts, bibliography, and general reference works.

The Chinese Collection boasts references to Confucian classics, philosophy, Buddhism, Taoism, government, economics, and sociology, and includes local gazetteers (3,500 titles) and rare books.

The Japanese Collection contains studies and primary sources on Japan’s modern and post-war political, social, and economic development. This collection also contains the 6,500-volume Petzold Buddhist Collection, including a number of books published in the Tokugawa period and manuscripts dating from the 13th and 14th centuries.

Individual volumes and a 72-volume set are also available.