Paper God: Daoist Goddess Who Cures Smallpox

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. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.71; compare with 1935.37.126.

Ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.121; compare with 1935.37.120.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Yong Xing Ju" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi; possible pair with 1935.37.57.

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Woodblock print; ink on pi zhi bast paper

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Guang Sheng Niangniang" ("Godness of Childbearing"). 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 "Yuan" (probably part of the print shop name). Probably from Xinjiang, Shanxi; possible pair with 1935.36.53.

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

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; with printed inscription titled "Cang Shen Gong" ("Palace of the Barn God") and couplets from right to left reading "Nian Nian Qu Bu Jin; Yue Yue Yong You Yu" ("Affluent Harvests Year after Year; Abundant Produce Month after Month"). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi; compare with 1935.37.94.