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  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stupa
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Praying Priest
  • Hotei
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Six Persimmons
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Monk
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Buddha
  • Budai
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Stupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Tara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Four Excursions
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Padmasambhava
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Gazelle
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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