Ornamental Stationery of the Ten Bamboo Studio ("Shih-chu-chai chien-p'u")

Woodblock print; ink, color and silver on paper; with silver foils on some figures' faces; a fraction at bottom is not color printed, possibly it was originally folded in; with printed inscription on the carriage reading: "Yu Huang Shang Di" ("The Jade Emperor"), on the left red banner reading: "Tiandi Sanjie Shifang Zhenzai"("True Rulers of Heaven, Earth, The Three Realms and Ten Directions"), and on the right blue banner reading: "Shang Yuan Ci Fu Tianguan" ("The Daoist Heavenly Official Who Grants Forturne"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.119; compare with 1935.37.122.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading from right to left: "Yi Sheng" (probably the print shop name). Possibly from Xinjiang, Shanxi.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.

Collage of printed and cut paper elements: red "paper-cut" decoration with applique woodblock printed image; ink and color on paper; from a set of five bound together (1935.126.15-.19). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Nan Wu Da Ci Pusa" ("Bodhisattva of Great Compassion"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Si Ming Zhu" ("Arbiter of Fate").

Ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.124.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Dong Da Xing Fa" ("Flourishing Dong Da Xing"; probably the print shop name). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.69.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Taiyin Xing Jun" ("Daoist God of the Moon"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.37.16.