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Art

  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Budai
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Stupa
  • Hotei
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Praying Priest
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Gazelle
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Four Excursions
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Padmasambhava
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Six Persimmons
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Tara
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhidharma
  • Travel Shrine
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • 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
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Layman Huashang 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
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
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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