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  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Stupa
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • 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
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Bodhidharma
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of a Monk
  • Standing Tara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Stupa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Praying Priest
  • Hotei
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Gazelle
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Travel Shrine
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
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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