Paper Gods: "Tiandi Sanjie Shibafo Zhushen" ("Gods of Heaven, Earth and the Three Realms, and the Eighteen Buddhas")

Woodblock print; ink on paper

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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Zeng Fu Cai Shen" ("God of Wealth Who Increases Fortune"). Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi.

Ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Tuo Ta Li Tian Wang" ("Heavenly Pagoda-Holding King Li"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Xuantan Zhao Yuanshuai" ("General Zhao Xuantan"). Probably from Beijing.

Hand-colored Buddhist woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription reading: "Zhong Gong Tu Di" ("Palace of the Earth God"). Probably from Lingbao, Henan.

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

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Hua Guo Zhi Shen" ("God of Flowers and Fruit"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

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.

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