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  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Hotei
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Budai
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Gazelle
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Padmasambhava
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Praying Priest
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Four Excursions
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Bodhidharma
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Stupa
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Tara
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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