Paper God: Daoist Goddess "Quan Si" ("Governs All")

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription reading "Lingbao". Probably from Lingbao, Henan; possible pair with 1935.37.76.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Jiu Tian Ying Yuan Lei Shen Pu Hua Tian Zun" (Name of the Thunder God). Probably from Beijing.

Woodblock print; ink, color and gold on paper. Probably from Yangliuqing, Tianjin; possible pair with 1935.36.37.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Probably from Beijing; possible pair with 1980.92.8; image identical to 1935.37.21.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription of the print title reading from right to left "Zou [supposed to be Gan] Pan" ("Chasing Pan"), and printed shop inscription "Dong Chang Xing" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Hua Guo Zhi Shen" ("God of Flowers and Fruit"). Probably from Beijing; part of a possible set of paper gods 1935.36.62-.81.

Woodblock print; ink on paper; with printed inscription reading from right to left: "Zeng Sheng Wu Gege" ("Five Brothers of Increasing Prosperity"). Probably from Beijing.

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. Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan; compare with 1935.37.119 and .121.

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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed shop inscription reading "Xin Yi Cheng" (probably the print shop name). Probably from Lingbao, Henan; possible pair with 1935.37.109.