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Art

  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Travel Shrine
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Gazelle
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Hotei
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Praying Priest
  • The Four Excursions
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Stupa
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Budai
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Six Persimmons
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Bodhidharma
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Dharmapala Yama
Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha

Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha

The comparatively small size of this figure of Buddha Shakyamuni suggests that it used to be kept in a box-shaped shrine on a home altar. 

The strong physical presence, the natural drape of the robe, and the realistic clothing details are typical features of Japanese sculpture in the late 13th century and lend this Buddha a naturalistic appearance.

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