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Art

  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Budai
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Praying Priest
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Hotei
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Standing Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • 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)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Four Excursions
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
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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