Art

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