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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; compare with 1935.37.5.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Song Sheng Niangniang" ("Goddess of Childbirth"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Shui Mu Niangniang" ("Milk Mother"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

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

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Zhu Tian Zong Sheng" ("Major Gods and Deities"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of print title (also title of the opera): "Quan Jia Fu" ("Family Portrait"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.68.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left "He He Er Sheng" ("The Two Sages He and He"). Probably from Beijing.

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; with printed shop inscription reading "Tai" (probably part of the print shop name). Probably from Xinjiang, Shanxi; possible pair with 1935.36.52.

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; compare with 1935.36.126.5.

Collage of printed and cut paper elements: red "paper-cut" decoration with applique woodblock printed image; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing.