Art

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