"Xinkan Gulie Nu Chuan" (New Edition of the Old Format: For the Education of Women

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.

Woodcut on cream modern laid paper

One of six woodblock printed, accordion-fold books; ink and color on paper; with wood cover

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

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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1935.37.25.

Woodblock 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.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Fu Xing" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Xi'an, Shaanxi; compare with 1935.37.91 and .102.

Woodblock print; ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.13.

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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.31.