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Art

  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Stupa
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Praying Priest
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Six Persimmons
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Four Excursions
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Travel Shrine
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Stupa
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Hotei
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Tara
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Budai
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Head of a Monk
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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