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  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Budai
  • Travel Shrine
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Stupa
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Standing Tara
  • Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Praying Priest
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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

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

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Six Persimmons
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Hotei
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
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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