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  • Padmasambhava
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Budai
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Praying Priest
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Gazelle
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • 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
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Six Persimmons
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Tara
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)

Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)

Buddhism had a strong influence on the development of book printing in Asia. The oldest woodblock prints of Buddhist texts were made in China and date back to the 7th century. By the end of the 10th century, the entire Buddhist canon, with over a thousand texts in 480 volumes, had been printed in China. Scholars in other countries quickly adopted the new copying technique for the dissemination of Buddhist texts. 

In Tibet, Buddhist texts were printed on long, narrow strips of paper from the 14th century onward. These were then placed between wooden covers and bound together to make books.

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