The Exalted Emperors and The Gods of the Five Directions, Ming dynasty, 16th century. Ink, colors, and gold on silk, 218.44 x 104.46 cm (image, sight) 228.6 x 114.46 cm (outer frame). The Ruth Ann Dayton Chinese Room Endowment Fund, 2004.131.3 © Minneapolis Institute of Art 

This scroll bears an inscription identifying the figures in the painting as the exalted emperors Tufu (god of the earth) and the Gods of the Five Directions. The chief figures are all dressed in formal court robes and hats descending from heaven with perfect Confucian decorum.