Illustrated History of Chinese Woodcuts (3 of 4)

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Ban Zhen Niangniang" ("Goddess of Rashes"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Album of woodblock prints: ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Du Cheng Huang Zhi Shen" ("Town God of the Capital"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Album of woodblock prints: ink on paper

One page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper

Woodblock print; ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Yuan" (probably part of the print shop name). Probably from Xinjiang, Shanxi; possible pair with 1935.36.53.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.71; compare with 1935.37.126.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of a poem reading from right to left: "Ci mao shenshi mengyong/ Liangyan qiasi (ling?) long/ Si zhua youru gangcha/ Laoshu bu gan cheng xiong" ("This cat is so fierce/ Two eyes are like gems/ Four claws are like steel sickles/ Rats dare not show off"), and a color printed inscription in purple: "Chi Ling" ("Imperial Edict"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left "He He Er Sheng" ("The Two Sages He and He"). Probably from Beijing.

Thread-bound woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.121; compare with 1935.37.120.