Paper God: Jiu Tian Xuan Nü, Daoist Goddess Who Sends Sons

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Dong Da Xing Rong" ("Prosperous Dong Da Xing"; probably the print shop name). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.124.

Collage of printed and cut paper elements: red "paper-cut" decoration with applique woodblock printed image; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; identical to 1935.36.126.1.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Jiang Zhou Cheng Nei" ("In Jiangzhou City"). Probably from Xinjiang, Shanxi; possible pair with 1935.36.25.

Woodblock print; ink on paper. Probably from Beijing.

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 (1935.36.126.10-.14). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Damo Lao Zu" ("Bodhidharma, the Founder"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1935.37.21.

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

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Zeng Sheng Wu Gege" ("Five Brothers of Increasing Prosperity"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1980.92.8; image identical to 1935.37.21.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.8.

Commercially color-printed ink on card stock