New Year Print: Qilin Delivering Sons and Good Wishes

Hand-colored Buddhist woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Ben Ming Xing Jun" ("God of Longevity"). Probably from Beijing.

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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.86; compare with 1935.37.122.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Taiyin Xing Jun" ("Daoist God of the Moon"). 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, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.10.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Dong Da Xing Fa" ("Flourishing Dong Da Xing"; probably the print shop name). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.69.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed title inscription reading from right to left: "Dour Jiejie" ("Sister Smallpox") and a couplet reading from right to left: "Qiancheng Gong Doujie; Ernü Bao Ankang" ("Worship Sister Smallpox; Children Will Be Healthy"). Probably from Beijing.