Paper God: Capital City God

Collage of printed and cut paper elements: red "paper-cut" decoration with applique woodblock printed image; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; identical to 1935.36.126.4.

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 a printed couplet reading from right to left: "Ren Jian Si Ming Zhu; Tian Shang Ear Mu Shen" ("Arbiter of Fate on Earth; Surveillance [literally, 'ear-and-eye'] Official of Heaven"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed title inscription reading from right to left:"Jiu Feng Chao Yang" ("Nine Phoenixes Flying to the Sun"). Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Xiao Gong Zhi Shen" ("Heavenly General Xiao"). 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: "Chuang Gong Chuang Mu" ("Bed God and Goddess"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink on paper. Probably from Beijing.

Commercially color-printed ink on card stock

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left "(vaguely) Hu Fa Wei Tuo Zun Tian" ("Buddhist Guardian Wei Tuo Who Protects the Dharma"). 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.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "You Xian Zhi Shen" ("Oil God?"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Woodblock print; ink on paper