44 accounts, etc., of the british museum, 



Sub-Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings. 



I. — Arrangement and Cataloguing, Sfc. 



Tlie framed Chinese and Japanese pictures intended for per- 

 manent exhibition at the 'western end of the exhibition gallery- 

 were re-hung, and a series of Chinese paintings (including a 

 number of Buddhist paintings from the Stein collection), with a 

 selection of Indian drawings, were arranged in cases and on 

 screens for the re-opening of the gallery on July 15th. This 

 exhibition remained on view till about the end of November. 



On December 3rd a new exhibition of Japanese Colour-Prints 

 was opened to the public. This is intended to be the first of a 

 series, to be held in successive winters, illustrating the various 

 phases of the Ukijo-ye School and the whole history of the colour- 

 print in Japan, A Guide to this exhibition has been printed and 

 is on sale. 



The entire collection of Japanese paintings has been re- 

 arranged. The Morrison collection has been incorporated with 

 the older Museum Series (chiefly from the Anderson collection) 

 and the whole arranged chronologically within the several schools, 

 and continuously numbered. The series now contains between 

 three and four thousand items, A list of the paintings, in their 

 new order, with the subjects and the artists' names, has been 

 written in duplicate. The necessary re-labelling has been done. 



The Index of Chinese Artists has been revised for publication. 

 New matter has. been incorporated, and over three hundred cross- 

 references have been added. 



The reproductions of Chinese and Japanese paintings have 

 been arranged in twelve portfolios. 



A case-list of the Oriental collections has been prepared. 



Twelve albums containing Indian and Persian drawings and 

 paintings have been transferred from the Department of Oriental 

 Printed Books and MSS. to the Sub-Department. Most of these, 

 being of a miscellaneous character, are in process of being broken 

 up, so that the drawings may be separately mounted and arranged 

 according to school and period. Ten drawings detached from 

 albums remaining in the Library have also been transferred. 



A small selection of duplicate Japanese Colour-Prints has been 

 mounted and framed, to form a loan collection. 



All corrections of references in the indexes, rendered necessary 

 by recent re-arrangements, have been made. 



Three books of reference, recently acquired, have been cata- 

 logued, placed and labelled. 



The work of entering corrections and additions in an inter- 

 leaved copy of the Catalogue of Japanese Woodcuts has been 

 begun. 



A record has been begun, in slip form, of all Japanese wood- 

 cuts acquired since the printing of the Catalogue. 



Three hundred and thirty-two prints, paintings, etc, have 

 been incorporated with the divisions of the collection to which 

 they belong. * 



