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A Buddhist palm leaf manuscript, about 1,000 years old, found in Kathmandu. Palm leaves were used as
Fudō: Ichikawa Ebizō V as the Mystical Image of Fudō Myōō (center), Ichikawa Saruzō I as Kongara dōj
peashooter85:The Burning MonkOn June 11th, 1963 a Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc entered a busy
Hammered gold plaque from Thailand, in Ayutthaya style, depicting the Buddha. Artist unknown; 15th
Nichiren Going into Exile on the Island of Sado, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861)
Palanquin hook from Cambodia, depicting a floral bud surrounded by heads of the mythical bird Garuda
Sanford Biggers’s quilt series recalls the supposed use of quilts sewn in specific patterns as signp
Buddhist Temple in Suncheon, South Korea
lionofchaeronea:Head of a Buddhist guardian king, perhaps Tseng-ch’ang (=Sanskrit Virudhaka), regent
Stone sculpture of the bodhisattva Padmapani. Unknown Nepalese artist; 14th century. Now in the Be
Portrait of Chishō Takaoka (a geisha and, later Buddhist nun) with her lover Hildegard in New York C
Uighur turkic buddhist paintings on a wall in Chotcho.
A Buddhist mandala from Tibet, 14th century. The mandala depicts a goddess, Jnanadakini, at the cent
Guanyin, Monkeys, and Crane, Muqi Fachang, 13th century (Southern Song Dynasty)Happy Chinese New Yea
Carved exorcist’s horn (thun rva) from Bhutan or Tibet. Artist unknown; prob. 19th century. Now in
Buddhist Temple in Suncheon, South Korea
A Chinese sculpture of a bodhisattva, possibly Avalokiteshvara/Guanyin. Artist unknown; 15th/1
Seated schist statue of Buddha, from Gandhara (present-day Pakistan or Afghanistan). Artist un
Luang Prabang, Laos. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the city is home to well-preserved Buddhist templ
Standing bodhisattva Maitreya, from the Gandhara region in what is now Pakistan. Artist unknow
Sculpture (dry lacquer with traces of gilt and polychrome pigment and gilding) of Buddha in his aspe
Sculpture of the seated Maitreya (the future Buddha). Artist unknown; 2nd/3rd cent. CE. From I
Chinese ivory carving of the Buddha. Artist unknown; 16th or 17th century (Ming Dynasty). &nbs
Bodhisattva Jijang (Kshitigarbha) and the Ten Kings of Hell, unknown Korean artist, 1841  
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