A Rat Tells Me [Your Cat is My Friend]

Woodblock 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.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; almost identical to 1935.37.8.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; compare with 1980.92.12.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1935.37.18.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.124.

Woodblock print in three layers, folded and packed together; ink, color and gold 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. Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; almost identical to 1935.37.9 and 1980.92.1.

Commercially color-printed ink on card stock

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi; probably related to 1935.37.45.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Shun Xing" (probably the print shop name). Possibly from Xi'an, Shaanxi.