32 accounts, etc., of the british museum. 



Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings. 

 I. — Arrangement and Cataloguing, 8fc. 



Immediately after the closing o£ the Museum in March all the 

 Chinese and Japanese Paintings exhibited in the Gallery were 

 removed. A selection o£ all the most valuable items in the collections 

 were transferred to the stro'ng room allotted to the Department. 



The Catalogue of Chinese Woodcuts has been completed and 

 printed as a supplement to the Catalogue of Japanese Woodcuts. 

 The whole work has been printed off, with the illustrations, and is in 

 process of being bound. 



The preparation of a Catalogue of the Japanese Illustrated Books 

 in the Sub-Department has been begun. The greater part of the 

 catalogue has been written in a form which it is intended to 

 amplify later with translations of the more important prefaces and 

 other detail. 



The Index of Japanese Artists has been revised. 



The preparation of material for a future Catalogue of Chinese 

 Paintings has been set on foot. Translations have been made of 

 passages in Chinese books relative to pictures in the collection ; also 

 of all pooms and other inscriptions on paintings in the Wegener 

 Collection. 



The " Kokka " Magazine has been indexed up to date. 



All books of prints and books of reference have been labelled, 

 placed, and catalogued. 



653 prints, paintings, &c., recently acquired, have been incor- 

 porated with the divisions of the collection to which they severally 

 belong. 



Registration. — 120 items have been entered in the Register of 

 Acquisitions. 



Stamping and Mounting. — 1,462 prints, paintings, &c., recently 

 acquired, have been impressed with the departmental stamp and 

 references to the Register. 



15 Japanese paintings have been mounted, one as a kakemono. 



2 Chinese paintings have been mounted as kakemono, and 2 

 others backed with silk. 



6 Indian paintings have been mounted on sunk mounts. 



421 Japanese prints (including 55 " triptychs " and 6 five- 

 sheet prints) have been mounted on sunk mounts. 82 of these have 

 been specially cleaned and repaired. All have been lettered with 

 the artists' names and references to the Register and to the 

 Catalogue. 



II . — A cquisitions. 



The total number of paintings, prints, &c., acquired during the 

 year was 225, of which the following are the most important : — 



