Door God: Heavenly Official Presenting a Banner Reading "Tian Guan Ci Fu" ("Heavenly Official Bestows Fortune")

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Yong Xing Ju" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi; possible pair with 1935.37.54.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Chen Zhen" ("Chen Village", probably the place where the print shop is located). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Zhang Lao Xianggong" ("Old Master Zhang"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Mianzhu, Sichuan; possible pair 1935.37.113.

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 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 and color on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.35.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of titles reading "Dong Chu Si Ming" ("Arbiter of Fate in the Kitchen"), and "Nan Tian Men" ("South Heavenly Gate"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Xinjiang, Shanxi; possible pair with 1935.36.49.

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 (1935.36.126.10-.14). Probably from Beijing.