Art

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