Door God: General Qin Qiong (Qin Shubao)

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Zhang Lao Xianggong" ("Old Master Zhang"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Commercially color-printed ink on card stock

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Xie Li" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Lingbao, Henan.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Du Cheng Huang Zhi Shen" ("Town God of the Capital"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Woodblock print; ink, color and silver on paper; with silver foils on some figures' faces; a fraction at bottom is not color printed, possibly it was originally folded in; with printed inscription on the carriage reading: "Yu Huang Shang Di" ("The Jade Emperor"), on the left red banner reading: "Tiandi Sanjie Shifang Zhenzai"("True Rulers of Heaven, Earth, The Three Realms and Ten Directions"), and on the right blue banner reading: "Shang Yuan Ci Fu Tianguan" ("The Daoist Heavenly Official Who Grants Forturne"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Yang Wang Zhi Shen" ("the Ram King"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.84.

Woodblock print; ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.29.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Lingbao". Probably from Lingbao, Henan; possible pair with 1935.37.108.

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.