Buddhist Art

#Buddhist Statue at the #Nagoya City Museum, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Kathmandu Durbar Square, #Nepal. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Heavenly statue of the evil demons, cultural property designated by the City of Nitenzo at the Chumon gate of Seiso-ji, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Fugen #Bodhisattva on an Elephant, Ensho-ji, #Japan #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Japanese Fudō Myōō (#FudōMyōō) Painting. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Eleven-faced #Kannon statue, Hokongo-in, #Kyoto, #Japan, #Kamakura period. Statue height 70cm. Parquet construction. It is said to have been built by Inkichi, a #Buddhist sculptor of the Into school. The flesh is decorated with gold paint, and the clothes are painted and decorated with cut gold patterns. A four-armed statue holding a staff, a lotus flower, a rosary, and a water bottle in its four hands. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#AngkorWat, Siem Reap, #Cambodia. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Eleven Headed #Avalokitèshvara, #Tibet, c. 1400 AD. Bronze with silver and copper inlay, semi precious stones and polychrome. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Nio statue, Jingu-ji, Obama City, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Kailasanatha temple is a megalith carved out of one single basalt rock. Its construction is attributed to king Krishna I (c. 8th century). It is one of the most remarkable cave temples in #India because of its size, architecture and sculptural treatment. #Ellora Caves, #India. 600–1000 CE. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Padmapani #Lokeshvara circa 1400 #Tibet. A Gilt copper Alloy Figure. 51 cm (20 1/8 in.) high. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Guardian dog, Horen-ji, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Jikoku-ten, Guardian of the East, one of a set of four Shitenno (Guardian Figures), 1185-1333, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Yakushi Nyorai Seated Statue, Choryu-ji, Mie, #Japan, late #Heian period. Statue height 100cm, made of marquetry. The rich-faced wood eyes of Jocho-sama. High beard, small spiral hair. Has a high nose. The pedestal halo is a later addition. It is said that there was a Shichido temple built by Gyoki Kaiki, but it has now been destroyed by fire, and the current precincts are said to be the ruins of the ancient Sakurahonbo temple. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

'4 #Seasons #M­andalas', by Miya #Ando. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Buddhist #murals in Guge, #Tibet. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Statue of Kuya Shonin at Rokuharamitsu-ji. Created by Yasukatsu, a son of Unkei, the statue holds a deer antler staff, is clad in deerskin, carries a taiki in his hand, and holds a bell on his chest. This statue depicts a person chanting the Nembutsu and walking around the city, and it is said that the chanting of the Nembutsu became six Amitabha #Buddha statues around their mouths. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Naga Fence at Wat Salak Phet, Koh Chang, #Thailand. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Nyoirin #Kannon statue, Daigo-ji, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Wooden half-lotus #Amida #Buddha, Eikoku-ji, #Nagoya, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Tenkyu Aizen Statue (Aizen Myōō (#AizenMyōō)), Hoko-ji, Yamanashi Prefecture, #Japan. The temple is said to have been founded by Yoshisada Yasuda, who achieved great success in the Genpei War, to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Ichinotani. After Yoshinada's death, the local Kai-Genji clan protected the principal image and passed it on to future generations. It is the oldest Aizen Myōō (#AizenMyōō) statue in #Japan, and its distinctive body is called Tenk... #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Taishakuten, #Heian period, To-ji, #Japan. God of power. Taishakuten, said to be a hero who won against Ashura and made him believe in #Buddhism. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Buddha Statue of Hyderabad. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Hanibe Great #Buddha: The unfinished Great #Buddha at Hanibe Iwakutsu-in. Hanibe is a "person who makes haniwa" and refers to the current sculptor. A modern #Buddhist place where many #Buddha statues and hell are enshrined. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Statues of #Amida Nyorai and 25 Bodhisattvas, Sokujo-in, #Kyoto, #Japan. A total of 26 statues centered on #Amida Nyorai are enshrined on the 4th tier of the main hall. Many of the #Bodhisattva statues are depicted playing musical instruments, representing the state of leading the dead to the Pure Land. There are many pictures, but statues are very rare. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Padmapani - 鎏金銅蓮華手觀音坐像. A magnificent and extremely rare gilt-bronze figure of Padmapani Tang dynasty. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

The three-story #pagoda at Kiyomizudera Temple (清水寺) in #Kyoto, #Japan, rebuilt in 1632 and repaired in 1987, with the #Sutra Hall in the foreground. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Statue of Nio, important cultural property at Zaika-ji, Toyokawa City, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Buddha #THangka. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Wooden Senju #Kannon statue, Mayaka-ji, Mikkabicho, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Jaoan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Joshoan Fudō Myōō (#FudōMyōō) Nidoji Statue, Kongorin-ji, #Japan. A Tendai sect temple called Matsuo-dera by the locals. Together with Saimyo-ji and Baeksai-ji, it forms the Koto Sanzan. Although the temple was founded by Gyoki, there is also a theory that it has connections with the Hata clan, an immigrant clan. Ennin is also known for his efforts to revitalize #China. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Ta Prohm temple - #AngkorWat complex, Siem Reap, #Cambodia. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Yakushi Sanzon statue, Yakushi-ji, #Japan. The main image, Yakushi Nyorai, is in the center, Nikko Bosatsu on the right and Moonlight Bosatsu on the left as sides. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Bhairava / #Mahakala and #Ganesha, #Nepal. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Wooden Senju #Kannon and #Buddha statue, Mayaka-ji, Mikkabicho, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Jaoan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

A Dedication to the Victims of #Pandemic (Turbo Marmoratus VI), Hand-inscribed group of #shells, by Charwei Tsai. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Pagoda, Kiyomizu Temple, Yasugi City, Shimane Prefecture, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Csmic #buddha #Dainichi #Nyorai (大日如来) flanked by #Sonshō #Butchō (尊勝仏頂) on the left and #Kongōsatta (金剛薩埵) on the right enshrined in the Great #Dharma Transmission Hall of Negoro-ji (根来寺) in Iwade, Wakayama Prefecture, #Japan, with Sonshō Butchō dating to 1405 and the other two to 1387. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Seated #Buddha in the Attitude of Preaching, #Gandhara, 2nd-3rd century (Kushan) #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

The wrathful heruka #Vajrakilaya, #thangka. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Seated statue of Senju #Kannon #Bodhisattva, enshrined in the inner sanctum of the Daishi Hall of Aoyagiyama Ryuzo-ji, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Bodhisattva in the half-lotus seat, #Tokyo National Museum, #Japan. The statue is said to have been excavated in Gongju (the ancient capital of Baekje, now #Korea), but there are also elements of Silla in the design. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Jar, rare porcelain examples from the #Goryeo period (918–1392). #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Late 7th-century #Takamatsuzuka Tomb in Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture, #Japan: #Fresco wall painting of court ladies on the west wall of the burial chamber. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Muktinath Temple, Mustang #Nepal. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Gld #Dragon ring. 19th Century. Rattanakosin Period, #Thailand. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Bodhisattva, wall painting (#mural) in the Dukhang, Tabo monastery, Spiti (Himachal Pradesh). Ca. 1st half of the 11th century, possibly 1040s. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

One of four wooden statues (Tamonten) of the four heavenly kings of Horyu-ji, #Japan. According to #Nihonshoki, when he joined the battle between Soga Umako and Mononobe Moriya in 587, Prince Shotoku vowed to build Shitenno-ji if he won. In 593, he was grateful for the victory. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Bodhisattva Manjushri, Hannya-ji, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Bhutanese painted #thangka of the Jataka Tales, 18th-19th century, Phajoding Gonpa, Thimphu, #Bhutan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Status in the half-lotus seat, red pine wood (common on the #Korean peninsula), Koryu-ji, #Japan. It is said that the powerful Hata Kawakatsu family received a #Buddha statue from #Korea and presented it to Prince Shotoku, who founded Koryu-ji. A #Buddha statue in the style of the Southern Dynasty. It is called the "Poet of the East" because it is reminiscent of a sculpture by Rodin. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

A hanging scroll of the wrathful deity #Rokuji #Myōō (六字明王) by Tosa Mitsunari (土佐光成) (1647-1710), #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Oni Mask, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

The cosmic #buddha Dainichi Nyorai (大日如来) by the artist Kimura Buzan (木村武山), 1935, at Kongōbu-ji (金剛峯寺) on Mount Kōya (高野山) in Wakayama Prefecture, ##Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Statue of Shaka Nyorai in the Kondo Hall of Muro-ji, #Japan, #Heian period. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Buddhist memorial service at Seishido and Goei-do Hall, Chion-in, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Newār Manuscripts, #Medieval manuscripts from Newār settlements in the #Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Shaka Nyorai Statue, Shindai-ji, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Main hall of Iimori-ji, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Amida Nyorai Statue, Saisho-ji, Shiga Prefecture, #Japan. The temple was founded in 1494 by Shinmori, the founder of the Tendai Shinmori sect. The statue is made of #Japanese cypress wood with a jeweled eye inlay. A colophon inside the statue reveals that it was created in 1203. During the heyday of the Kei school, it became the antithesis and standard work of #Kyoto #Buddhist sculptors. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Padmapani #Lokeshvara circa 1400 #Tibet. A Gilt copper Alloy Figure. 51 cm (20 1/8 in.) high. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Yungang Grottoes, #China. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Buddha Offering Protection, #India (probably Bihar), late 6th–early 7th century. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

The statue of Kudera #Kannon, Horyu-ji, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Statue of Shakyamuni #Buddha, Zenkoji, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Enseian Rokuji Meiou Standing Statue, Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Thangka of #Amitayus #Buddha, 14th century. Central #Tibet. Distemper and gold gesso on cloth. Inscribed #Tibetan red ink 'om ah hum' invocations behind each diminutive figure and a series of prayers and #mantras devoted to Amitayus arranged within the drawn outline of a stupa behind the central figure. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Eleven-faced #Kannon Seated Statue, Yakuno-dera, Shiga Prefecture, #Japan, early #Heian period. One of the largest hidden #Buddha statues in #Japan, with a height of 312 cm. A single wooden structure. She holds a vase of flowers in her left hand and a rosary in her right hand on her lap. A massive statue from the early #Heian period, also known as the '#Kannon'. The doors are opened several times each year. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Aizen #Myōō (愛染明王) copied and donated by the priest Munakata Saburōbee (宗像三郎兵衛) to the Aizen’in Hall (愛染院) in Kyoto in 1327, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

#Garuda carvings at Patan Durbar Square, #Nepal. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Yumeden Kuse #Kannon statue, Horyu-ji, #Japan. A #Buddha statue in the northern Wei style. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Water #Lily, Ohara Shōson, c. 1928-1930. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Seated #Sakyamuni #Buddha, 500s-600s, #Korea, Three Kingdoms period (57 BC-AD 668). #BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Great #Buddha at Togan-ji, #Nagoya, #Japan. #BuddhistArt #Buddhism