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  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Standing Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhidharma
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Hotei
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Travel Shrine
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Standing Tara
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Padmasambhava
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Stupa
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
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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