June Li from The Huntington welcomes participants and attendees to “Word and Image: Chinese Woodblock Prints,” a symposium held at The Huntington Nov. 12, 2016.

Kai-Wing Chow from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign delivers the keynote address for “Word and Image: Chinese Woodblock Prints,” a symposium held at The Huntington Nov. 12, 2016.

Richard Strassberg from University of California, Los Angeles, delivers a talk titled “The Kangxi Emperor’s Thirty-Six Views: The Making of an Imperial Publication.” Part of “Word and Image: Chinese Woodblock Prints,” a symposium held at The Huntington Nov. 12, 2016.

Meng-ching Ma from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, delivers a talk titled “Poetic Pictures in Late-Ming Illustrated Dramatic Publications.” Part of “Word and Image: Chinese Woodblock Prints,” a symposium held at The Huntington Nov. 12, 2016.

Suzanne E. Wright from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, delivers a talk titled “The Swallow Messenger: Text and Image.” Part of “Word and Image: Chinese Woodblock Prints,” a symposium held at The Huntington Nov. 12, 2016. Part of “Word and Image: Chinese Woodblock Prints,” a symposium held at The Huntington Nov. 12, 2016.

Hu Jun from Northwestern University delivers a talk titled “The Swallow Messenger: Text and Image.” Part of “Word and Image: Chinese Woodblock Prints,” a symposium held at The Huntington Nov. 12, 2016.