KOREAN COLLECTIONS IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 471 



Water-color painting. Landscape, summer scene; shown by tbick 

 foliage and by people sitting- in tlie open pavilions. 23. 



Water-color paintincj^. Landscape, spring scene; village at sunset, 

 men reading by the window, and fishers returning across a quaint 

 bridge. 24. 



Water-color painting. Landscape, autumn; maple trees, water 

 flowing under a stone bridge, a man on a two-wheeled sedan of the 

 kind probably used in Korea in old times, 25. 



Water-color paintin(t. Illustrates the story of a man who was 

 famous for his good handwriting. No one has attained to his ex- 

 cellence since his death. 20. 



Collected, by Eiisigu J. B. Bernadou, U. S. Navy. 



The preceding series (Nos, 1-26) is from Seoul, Korea. 77117 



Water-color painting. Landscape, autumn mooidight scene; the 



maples and bamboo surround the student's house, 1. 

 Water-color painting. Landscape, winter moonlight scene after 



a snowstorm. 2. 

 Water-color painting. Butterflies and flowers. 3. 



Painted by Han, a native artist. Used for house decoration. 



Water-color painting. Submarine view, crabs, shrimps, mollusks, 

 and seaweeds. 4. 



This picture bears marks of having been drawn by a literary man rather than 

 a regular artist. 



Water-color painting. Story of Lomoo, a Chinese officer ban- 

 ished by the Emperor through intrigue. Though he had grown 

 old in exile, and suflered from hunger and privation, yet he loyally 

 holds up the rod with five bunches of red silk given him by the 

 Emperor. 5. 

 Collected by Ensign J. B. Bernadou, U. S. Navy. 

 The preceding series (Nos. 1-5) is from Seoul, Korea, 1885. 77118 

 By far the better pictures in the collection are the following outline 

 sketches in India ink, which may be entitled "Scenes from the Social 

 Life of Korea." They are a revelation in Korean art, since they show 

 bold drawing, free treatment, and humorous caricature like that found 

 in the realistic school of Japan. 



These pictures illustrate the social customs and industrial arts of the 

 ])eople. They were originally bound together to form a boy's picture 

 book. They are supposed to be nearly three hundred years old. 

 India-ink drawing. Mythological picture; the seven good beings 

 or secondary angels of Korea and China, with the animals and 

 plants appertaining to them. These beings in Japan are called the 

 seven gods of happiness. The central figure bears a striking re- 

 semblance to the Japanese Hotel, the president of the seven. The 



