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Co-sponsored by the Korea Project (Belfer Center, HKS), Harvard Korea Institute, and Korea Foundation
Curated by staff members from Yenching and Houghton libraries, faculty from the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and a member of the 2022–23 cohort of Houghton Visiting Fellows
Harvard-Yenching Library holds the largest East Asian language collection outside East Asia. This collaborative exhibition features a diverse selection of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language materials curated from both Yenching and Houghton’s collections. From depictions of 18th- and 19th-century cross-cultural encounters to video games and playing cards, this display gestures towards the breadth of East Asian holdings across the two repositories.
Items on display include:
- The first Korean translation of The Pilgrim's Progress (1895)
- A 19th-century illustrated history of a Korean civil servant's different workplaces
Exhibition open Monday through Friday.
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