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Art

  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Tara
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Stupa
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Budai
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Stupa
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Gazelle
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Travel Shrine
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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