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  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Gazelle
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Padmasambhava
  • Travel Shrine
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Stupa
  • Stupa
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
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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