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  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Travel Shrine
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Budai
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Praying Priest
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Hotei
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Monk
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Six Persimmons
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Tara
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Stupa
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Gazelle
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Padmasambhava
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu

Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu

In Zen Buddhist schools, the personal relationship between master and pupil plays a central role. In many cases the masters are able to guide their pupils on to the right path without words, on the strength of their personality and empathy alone. 

Portraits like this are meant to call to mind the masters and evoke their presence, even when they are absent or have died. The images often bear an inscription with a personal dedication by the respective master.

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