Door God: General Yuchi Gong (Hu Jingde)

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Ling Ying He Shen" ("Efficacious River God"). Probably from Beijing.

Ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Dong Da Xing Chang" ("Forever Dong Da Xing"; probably the print shop name). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.126.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.17.

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Yuan" (probably part of the print shop name). Probably from Xinjiang, Shanxi; possible pair with 1935.36.53.

Woodblock print; ink on paper

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

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Possibly from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.44.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Ju Zao". Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi; possible pair with 1935.37.91, which has a printed shop inscription reading "Fu Xing" (together their inscriptions read "Fu Xing Ju Zao", "Made by Fu Xing Ju").

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription for the qilin and lion reading: "Bi E Qilin, Zhen Zhai Shizi" ("Qilin Wards Off Evil Spirits; Lion Guards the House"), printed inscription on horseback: "Fu" ("Good Fortune") and on deer's back "Lu" (Emoluments), and printed inscription "Sheng Ji" ("Roosters"). Probably from Lingbao, Henan.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Possibly from Beijing.