Art

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