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Art

  • Rectangular Coin
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Travel Shrine
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Praying Priest
  • Stupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Head of a Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Hotei
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Gazelle
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Standing Tara
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Stupa
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
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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