Petzold Scrolls Collection

Overview

From Paula Curtis Collection[1]: The Petzold scrolls collection is a collection of the Harvard-Yenching Library that includes 424 scrolls (primarily paintings, woodblock prints, calligraphy, and rubbings from Japan, but also some materials from China and Tibet) acquired from German-born scholar of Buddhism, Bruno Petzold (1873-1949) in 1951.

  • Institution/Author: Harvard University
  • Period: Premodern
  • Geographic Focus: Japan,China
  • Access: Open Access

  1. Digital Humanities Resources on East Asia by Dr. Paula R. Curtis ↩︎