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  • Head of a Monk
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Hotei
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

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
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Stupa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Budai
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Four Excursions
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Praying Priest
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Stupa
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • 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
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Standing Tara
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Bodhidharma
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
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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