Art

  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Budai
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers, fragment of a baluster
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Excursions
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Travel Shrine
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Six Persimmons
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito, from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap

Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap

This three-quarter portrait is in keeping with standard images of Zen Buddhist priests. The master is seated in the meditation position with his legs crossed on an ornamentally carved, seat, his shoes are on a small footstool. Over his simple garment he wears a precious gold brocade wrap. In one hand he holds a stick which he uses to smack his pupils seated in meditation on the back to stop them from falling asleep. His gaze avoids the viewer and is fixed on a point hidden to us.