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Researches into Chinese superstitions, by Henry Doré, S.J. ;

Dore, Henri, Kennelly, M., tr · 1926 · Shanghai, Túsewei Printing Press · 10 pictures

A missionary ethnographic survey of Chinese folk belief compiled by the Jesuit Henri Doré and translated by M. Kennelly, printed at the Túsewei Press in Shanghai in 1926 for Western readers and fellow missionaries. Numbered colour plates, captioned in Chinese, French and English, show household charms, deities and sprites, rebus objects such as flower vases and orchids, venomous animals, and figures in courtyard settings, drawn in flat outline with pale washes and vertical character labels.

Folklore · Superstition · Magic

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