18th and 19th centuries
Shikishiban
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
16th centuryGermanEtching and aquatint with mezzotint and stipple
18th centuryFrenchOrganic screenprint
20th centuryAmericanWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with a printed couplet reading from right to left: "Ren Jian Si Ming Zhu; Tian Shang Ear Mu Shen" ("Arbiter of Fate on Earth; Surveillance [literally, 'ear-and-eye'] Official of Heaven"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.
20th centuryChinese