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  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Six Persimmons
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Budai
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Travel Shrine
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Tara
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
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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