17th-18th century
Plate: 11.5 × 12.8 cm (4 1/2 × 5 1/16 in.) Sheet: 15.7 × 17 cm (6 3/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall
Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono"; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
JapaneseLithograph printed in black ink on tan wove paper
20th centuryGermanPhotomechanical print in red and black inks on white paper
20th centuryGermanUkiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper
19th centuryJapaneseWoodblock print; ink, color and silver on paper; with silver foils on some figures' faces; a fraction at bottom is not color printed, possibly it was originally folded in; with printed inscription on the carriage reading: "Yu Huang Shang Di" ("The Jade Emperor"), on the left red banner reading: "Tiandi Sanjie Shifang Zhenzai"("True Rulers of Heaven, Earth, The Three Realms and Ten Directions"), and on the right blue banner reading: "Shang Yuan Ci Fu Tianguan" ("The Daoist Heavenly Official Who Grants Forturne"). Probably from Beijing.
20th centuryChineseWoodcut printed in black ink on off-white laid paper
20th centuryGermanPolychrome woodblock
19th centuryJapanese