Chinese popular prints Book

	Chronological periods
	Acknowledgements
	Map
	List of illustrations
	Illustrations
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
1	The invention of the Chinese popular print	8
2	Collectors and collections	14
Ch. 2	History	23
1	Origins	23
2	Ming and Qing periods	40
3	Early and mid-Qing	46
4	Other early and mid-Qing centres	85
5	Last phase (1860s-)	101
Ch. 3	Three Printmakers and printshops	123
1	Organization of Printshops	125
2	The Publics	129
3	The Master	133
4	The precepts	137
5	Materials and Techniques	146
Ch. 4	Society, symbolism and visual pun	181
1	The Symbols	196
2	Visual punning	204
Ch. 5	Categories of popular prints and their display	212
1	Surveys	213
2	Peasantry, Calendars	216
3	The Child	219
4	Merchantry	220
5	Urban, Treaty Ports	220
6	Theatre	222
7	Amusements	224
8	Comedy, Satire	225
9	Masquerades of Beasts, Bird, Fish or Insect	226
10	Politics, Foreign Relations	228
11	Religion, Exorcism	233
12	Offshoots	237
13	Display	238
Ch. 6	Technical terms	242
1	New Year Prints	242
2	Historical terms	243
3	The modern trade	244
4	Categories	245
5	Votive prints	248
6	Production and Techniques	251
7	Forms of Prints	254
8	Distribution	255
9	Appearance and Weaponry	256
	Appendix One Guide to persons, symbols, puns, etc.	259
	Appendix Two Some images in the lore of the print	293
	Bibliography	327
	Index	337