Door God: General Yuchi Gong (Hu Jingde) in Operatic Stage Costume

Jiansheng Dong, 1994-1996

Spring

Door God: Heavenly Official Presenting a Deer

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Wang" (probably part of the print shop name). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi.

Door God: Official Holding the Scepter of Office

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Dong Da Xing Rong" ("Prosperous Dong Da Xing"; probably the print shop name). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.127.

Door God: Woman General Mu Guiying in Operatic Stage Costume

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.84.

Door God: Heavenly Official Holding a Ruyi Scepter

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

New Year Print: Qilin Delivering Sons and Good Wishes

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.20.

Door God: Heavenly Official, with Five Sons and an Attendant, Presenting a Banner Reading: "Wu Lu Jin Cai" (Money Entering From Five Roads)

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

Paper God: Sister Smallpox at an Altar Table with Four Attendants

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed title inscription reading from right to left: "Dour Jiejie" ("Sister Smallpox") and a couplet reading from right to left: "Qiancheng Gong Doujie; Ernü Bao Ankang" ("Worship Sister Smallpox; Children Will Be Healthy"). Probably from Beijing.

Door God: Immortal Liu Hai, Folk Deity of Wealth, Enticing the Three-Legged Toad with Gold Coins

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Xin Xing" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi.

Door God: Top-Rank Scholar Holding the Scepter of Office

Paper God: Kitchen God, the "Arbiter of Fate" ("Si Ming Zhu"), Seated at an Altar Table with Four Attendants

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