Paper God: Buddhist Guardian Wei Tuo

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with hand coloring on verso

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading from right to left: "Yi Sheng" (probably the print shop name). Possibly from Xinjiang, Shanxi.

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 and color on paper; with printed inscription on the gate reading: "San Guan Tang" ("Hall of the Three Offcials"), and a couplet reading from right to left: "Chen Hun San Kou Shou; Zao Wan Yi Lu Xiang" ("Three Kowtows Every Dawn and Dusk; One Burner of Incense Every Morning and Evening"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.

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

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 1935.36.126.3.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Shi Xing Hua Ju" ("Shi Xing Print Shop"). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Wu Si Gong" ("Wu Si Palace"). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Wang" (probably part of the print shop name). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.17.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Xing" (probably part of the print shop name). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi; compair to 1935.37.61.