Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA, purchased from Tokyo dealer Sorimachi, April 1965; bequest to Harvard Art Museum
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Fu Xing" (probably the print shop name) at bottom left. Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi; probable pair with 1935.37.98.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Yong Xing Ju" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Shi Xing Hua Ju" ("Shi Xing Print Shop"). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
20th centuryChineseWoodblock-printed accordion-fold book mounted as a handscroll; ink on paper, with punctuation and Japanese readings of Chinese characters brush-written in red and black inks
15th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink on paper; with printed title inscription reading from right to left: "Xi Gui Zhi Shen" ("Gods of Happiness and Nobility"), another inscription reading vertically: "Ying Xi" ("Welcoming Happiness"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseOne page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper
17th-18th centuryChineseFive volumes of thread-bound woodblock-printed books; ink on paper
ChineseWoodblock 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 1935.37.83.
20th centuryChineseOne page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper
17th-18th centuryChineseWoodblock 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.
20th centuryChineseWoodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1935.37.18.
20th centuryChinese