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  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Stupa
  • Gazelle
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

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 as a Newborn Infant
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Hotei
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Praying Priest
  • Travel Shrine
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child

Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child

Polychrome woodblock prints were very popular in Japan in the 18th century and were produced in large editions.

This print shows the 15th-century monk Hotei (Chin. Budai). His name literally means “hemp sack” and refers to the large bundle this legendary mendicant monk is said to have carried around with him. In China and Japan, he later became a god of good fortune. In this witty picture, the huge round sack frames the monk’s corpulent physique.

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