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  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Six Persimmons
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Gazelle
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Hotei
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Tara
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Bodhidharma
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Budai
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

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