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  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Budai
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gazelle
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Standing Tara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Head of a Monk
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Four Excursions
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma
  • Hotei
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Six Persimmons
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
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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