Door God: General Qin Qiong (Qin Shubao)

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1935.37.24.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Huo De Xing Jun" (Name of the Fire God). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of print title (also title of the opera): "Quan Jia Fu" ("Family Portrait"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; compare with 1980.92.13.

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 and color on paper. Probably from Mianzhu, Sichuan; possible pair 1935.37.115.

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; from a set of five bound together (1935.126.15-.19). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink on paper

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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of a poem reading from right to left: "Ci mao shenshi mengyong/ Liangyan qiasi (ling?) long/ Si zhua youru gangcha/ Laoshu bu gan cheng xiong" ("This cat is so fierce/ Two eyes are like gems/ Four claws are like steel sickles/ Rats dare not show off"), and a color printed inscription in purple: "Chi Ling" ("Imperial Edict"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1980.92.6; image identical to 1935.37.19.