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  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Gazelle
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Budai
  • Praying Priest
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Stupa
  • Travel Shrine
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Head of a Monk
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Hotei
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Stupa
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Padmasambhava
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Six Persimmons
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

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

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
Six Persimmons

Six Persimmons

This picture pays homage to one of the most renowned masterpieces of Zen art. In the 13th century, the Chinese Zen monk Muqi (ca 1210–1269) painted six persimmons in pure ink. A hallmark of the depiction is the systematic reduction of the motif. The fruits, lined up in a row except for one, are differentiated only by the tonality of the ink.  

Muqi’s picture has been described as the essence of Zen: absolute concentration on the here and now.

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