Paper God: Capital City God

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi.

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 1935.36.126.7.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Chi Feng Hu Guo You Min Guang Hui Wang" ("Imperially Conferred Lord Guang Hui"); gold-foil face attached to the image. Possibly from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.124.

Woodblock print; ink and colors on paper; with signatures in English and Chinese both reading "Li Zhong Xiang" and with a printed, square, red intaglio seal impression reading "Zhong Xiang" in the lower right corner

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; almost identical to 1935.37.8.

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

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

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.20.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; almost identical to 1935.37.9 and .11.

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.