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Art

  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Budai
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Monk
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Hotei
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Praying Priest
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhidharma
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Stupa
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
The Descent of Buddha Amida

The Descent of Buddha Amida

In the company of two bodhisattvas, Buddha Amitabha (Jap. Amida) looks down on his followers. His hands are folded in the gesture of greeting with which he welcomes the pure souls who are reborn in the “Pure Land of the West”.  

The figures are rendered in gold and decorated with a fine pattern of cut gold leaf.

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