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  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Standing Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Six Persimmons
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Bodhidharma
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Stupa
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • 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
  • Praying Priest
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Budai
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Standing Tara
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Gazelle
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Four Excursions
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Travel Shrine
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Head of a Monk
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
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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