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Excerpt from Guide to the Exhibition of Chinese and Japanese Paintings in the Print and Drawing Gallery The Exhibition is arranged in two series. The first series, com prising nos. 1 - 133, and consisting mainly of kakemonos, besides a few makimonos, gakas, and screen pictures, is shown (with the exception of the two screen pictures, 61* and 69) in the cases round the walls of the room. The second series, comprising nos. 134 - 173, and consisting of drawings either unmounted or newly mounted in the European manner (but on Japanese paper) is placed in the cases standing on the floor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.