Paper God: Kitchen God, the "Arbiter of Fate" ("Si Ming Zhu") and Wife, Seated

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.3.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Shun Xing" (probably the print shop name). Possibly from Xi'an, Shaanxi.

Commercially color-printed ink on card stock

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Puxian Pusa" ("Samantabhadra Bodhisattva"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1980.92.15.

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

Woodblock print; ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Dong Da Xing Fa" ("Flourishing Dong Da Xing"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.70; compare with 1935.37.125.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription reading: "San Jie Zhi Fu Shi Zhe" ("Messenger of Three Realms"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; identical to 1935.36.58.

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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Xin Yi Cheng" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Lingbao, Henan; possible pair with 1935.37.76.