66 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



//. — Acquisitions. 



The first year of the newly-constituted sub-department has 

 been marked by an acquisition of the highest value and im- 

 portance ; the gift, namely, by Sir William Gwynne-Evans, 

 Bart., of the entire collection of Japanese and Chinese paintings 

 formed by Mr. Arthur Morrison, and one of the finest of its 

 kind in Europe. 



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

 the year was 1,013, of which the following are the most impor- 

 tant. 



The Morrison Collection. 



1. — Japanese Paintings. 



Five hundred and eighty-nine in all, divided among the 

 various schools as follows : — 



Early Buddhist : 

 Six paintings, including beautiful and very ancient works, 

 attributed to Kanaoka (9th and 10th centuries) and to Yeshin 

 Sozu (11th century), besides important examples of the Kose 

 School. 



TosA School : 

 Forty-six paintings, including, besides anonymous works of 

 early periods, examples of Takuraa Choga (12th century) ; 

 Nobuzane (13th century) ; Mitsuhide (14th century) ; Yukihide 

 (15th century); Rinken (16th century); Mitsuoki (I7th cen- 

 tury) ; Totsugen (18th century; ; and other masters. 



Chinese School : 



Nineteen paintings, including examples by Cho Densu 

 (14th century) ; Soga Shubun, an excessively rare master, 

 Shubun the Priest, N5ami, Soami, Soga Jasoku, and Oguri 

 Sotan(al] of the 15th century) ; S5ga Chokuan, Shokwado, &;c. 



Sesshu School. 



Fifteen paintings and painted screens, including five 

 examples by Sesshiu (15th century) and works by Shugetsu, 

 Sesson, Yamada D5an, Unkoku Togan, and other early 

 masters. 



Kano School. 



One hundred and thirty-eight paintings and screens, in- 

 cluding two examples by Masanobu and four by Motonobu, 

 the founders of the school (15th century); three examples by 

 Yeitoku and thirteen by Sanraku (16th century) ; eighteen by 

 Tanyu, some of exceptional quality and importance, four by 

 Naonobu. and seven by Yasunobu (17th century); ten by 

 Tsunenobu, two by Toun, and seven by Hanabusa Itch5 (17th 

 -18th centuries) ; besides representative specimens of minor 

 masters. 



