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Military Door Gods with GuandaoEdz986 a-b

Pair of rectangular paper prints, each printed in black outline, with an armed military door god (wu menshen; 武門神), a general with a guandao pole weapon (立刀將軍) coloured in red, green and yellow; faces are red-orange. Figures are 58 cm high. Paper left white in some spots. The name of the print shop, 志昌 (zi3 coeng1/ Zhì chāng) appears on the figure's hanging ornament. The figures would normally be hung facing each other.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Military Door Gods with GuandaoEdz985

Rectangular paper with two armed military door gods (wu menshen; 武門神), generals with a guandao pole weapon (立刀將軍) printed in black outline, in red, green and yellow. Faces are orange, background is also orange. White paper left uncoloured in some areas. Figures are 23.5 cm high. The Chinese character福 (fu, fortune) appears on the two fluttering flags behind their shoulders.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Military Door Gods with GuandaoEdz981 a-b

Pair of rectangular papers, each printed with an armed military door gods (wu menshen; 武門神), a general with a guandao pole weapon (立刀將軍) in green, red and yellow. Faces are orange, background is also orange. White paper left plain in some areas. Figures are 50 cm high. Figure on part a has a red skirt, figure on part b has a green skirt. The Chinese character福 (fu, fortune) appears on the two fluttering flags behind their shoulders, and the name of the printing shop, 福榮棧 (fuk1 wing4 zaan2/ Fú róng zhàn) on the hanging ornament. (The pair of prints should be hung with the figures facing each other.)

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Military Door Gods with GuandaoEdz995 a-b

Pair of rectangular papers, each printed in black outline, with an armed military door god (wu menshen; 武門神), a general with guandao pole weapons (立刀将军) in green, red, and purple. Faces and background are orange. White paper left uncoloured in some places. The Chinese character福 (fu, fortune) appears on the two fluttering flags behind their shoulders. Figures are 65.5 cm high. Part (a) is the figure in a green robe, part (b) is in a red robe.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Door God PrintEdz994 a-b

Pair of rectangular papers, each printed in black outline with a civil officer door god (如意加官), one type of civil door god (wen menshen; 文門神). The door god on part (b) wears a green robe with red and yellow patterns and the name of the printing shop 新元發 (san1 jyun4 faat3/Xīn yuán fā) appears near his face. The door god on part (a) wears a red robe with green and yellow patterns. They both hold a ritual wine vessel known as jue (爵) each. Faces and background are orange. White paper is left uncoloured in places. Figures are 58 cm high. (The gods would normally be shown facing each other.)

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PrintN4.15

Woodblock print with a black outline of a figure (Mahāsiddha Tilopa) sitting cross-legged, with landscape and sky behind. The right hand is holding a fish, and two fish are also below.

Culture
Tibetan
Made in
Kathmandu, Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Woodblock PrintN4.14

Woodblock print with black outline of a deity sitting cross-legged, with chart at center.

Culture
Tibetan
Made in
Kathmandu, Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PrintN4.13

Woodblock print of calendrical mandala, in black ink on thin paper.

Culture
Tibetan
Made in
Kathmandu, Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PrintN4.12

Woodblock print of Buddhist Jataka tales. The Buddha Shakyamuni is depicted at different stages in his life with the respective Mudrās: Dhyāna (meditation), Bhūmisparśa (touching earth as his witness when he reached enlightenment), and Dharmacakra (teaching the Buddhist doctrine), and his passing (Paranirvāṇa Stūpa).

Culture
Tibetan
Made in
Kathmandu, Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Woodblock PrintN2.359

Portrait of a woman, "Ohisa of Takashima", wearing blue patterned kimono with pink lining. Colours used are blue, gray, red and black. Framed.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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