Door God: Yu Lü , the Demon Catcher, in Operatic Stage Costume

Aquatint

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription titled "Cang Shen Gong" ("Palace of the Barn God") and couplets from right to left reading "Nian Nian Qu Bu Jin; Yue Yue Yong You Yu" ("Affluent Harvests Year after Year; Abundant Produce Month after Month"). Probably from Fengxiang, Shaanxi; compare with 1935.37.94.

Commercially color-printed ink on card stock

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Xie Li" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Lingbao, Henan.

Hand-colored Buddhist woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Hand-colored Buddhist woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Taiyang Xing Jun" ("Daoist God of the Sun"). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; possible pair with 1935.37.128.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Mei(?) Ku Zhi Shen" (Coal Mine God). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink on paper

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1980.92.10; image identical to 1935.37.18.