Buddhist Collection (page 23)

Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, 1900. From " Typical Photographs of Burma - Burmese Life and Scenes". [Rowe & Co. Ltd. Rangoon, 1900]

Buddhist deity, c1928. Creator: Unknown
Buddhist deity, c1928. Tiger-tamer effigy from The Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery in Hong Kong, China. From " Die Welt in Bildern", (The World in Pictures), cigarette card album, c1928

Kurodani Graves, Kyoto, c1890s. Creator: Japanese Photographer (19th Century)
Kurodani Graves, Kyoto, c.1890s (hand coloured photo). The historic cemetery contains the graves of many warriors of the Aizu clan who fought and died in the Battle of Toba-Fushimi, 1868

Portrait of Vimalakirti, 15th century, (1886). Artist: Wilhelm Greve
Portrait of Vimalakirti, 15th century, (1886). Sesshiu School. From a painting on silk attributed to Shiugrtsu. Vimalakirti is believed to have been the first enlightened lay Buddhist

Amitabha, early 19th century, (1886). Artist: Abbot of Zojoji
Amitabha, early 19th century, (1886). From a painting on silk by the Abbot of Zojoji, Buddhist School. Found in the collection of the British Museum

Arhat, Japanese, late Kamakura period, 14th century, (1886). In Buddhism, the term arhat can describe someone who has gained insight into the true nature of existence and has achieved nirvana

Dalai Lama of Tibet (1935 -), spiritual leader of the Buddhist religion

Kannari, Interior of a Small Vihara, India, 1845. Artist: Thomas Colman Dibdin
Kannari, Interior of a Small Vihara, India, 1845. A vihara is a Buddhist refuge or monastery

Interior of Lanka, Ellora, India, 1845. Artist: Thomas Colman Dibdin
Interior of Lanka, Ellora, India, 1845; Ellora is famous for its rock temples, a series of caves carved out of the rocky hillside, one and a quarter miles long, in three sections: Buddhist

View of Caves, Ajunta, India, 1844. Artist: Thomas Colman Dibdin
General view of caves, Ajunta (sic), India, 1844; Ajanta is a village in the hills of central Maharashtra, central India. The area contains 30 caves

Rock Cut Temple, Ellora, Maharashtra, India, 1878. Artist: Edward Arthur Heffer
Rock Cut Temple, Ellora, Maharashtra, India, 1878. Ellora is famous for its rock temples, a series of caves carved out of the rocky hillside, one and a quarter miles long

Kannari (sic), View of Durbar Cave. Artist: John Weale
View of Durbar Cave, Kanara, West India, 1845

Karli, Entrance of Great Chaitya Cave, 1845. Artist: John Weale
View of the entrance of Great Chaitya Cave, Karli, 1845. Karli is a village in the West Maharashtra state, West India, North West of Poona

Kannari, Exterior of Great Chaitya Cave, 1845. Artist: Thomas Colman Dibdin
View of Great Chaitya Cave at Kannari, India, 1845

Ajunta (sic), Vihara Cave Number Seven. Artist: Thomas Colman Dibdin
View of Vihara Cave Number Seven, Ajanta, 1845. Ajanta is a village in the hills of central Maharashtra, central India. The area contains 30 caves

The Victory of Buddha, 1913. Artist: Rabindranath Tagore
The Victory of Buddha, 1913. Frontispiece from Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita and Ananda Coomaraswamy, 1st edition, 1913. From a private collection

Garuda, 1913. Artist: Nandalal Bose
Garuda, 1913. In Buddhist mythology, garudas are bird-like divine beings. Illustration from Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita and Ananda Coomaraswamy, 1st edition, 1913

The Buddhist Triad, 1922. From Myths and Legends of China, by Edward TC Werner, published by George G Harrap & Co, 1922

Jizo, the childrens god, 1925. Artist: Evelyn Paul
Jizo, the childrens god, 1925. In Japanese Buddhism, Jizo is seen as the guardian of children, especially those who have died before their parents. From The Book of Myths by Amy Cruse, 1925

Candi Sari, Java, Indonesia. Candi Sari is a Buddhist temple built in the late 8th century, probably around the same time as the nearby Candi Kalasan

Candi Kalasan, Buddhist temple, Java, Indonesia. The temple dates from the 8th century

Ghum Monastery, near Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. Ghum Monastery is the popular name for the Sampten Choling Buddhist Monastery

Tigers Nest Buddhist monastery, Bhutan. Buildings of the Buddhist monastery of Taktsang (Tigers Nest) precariously sited on a rocky ledge over 2000 feet above the valley floor

Buddhist monks, Tashichho Dzong, Thimphu, Bhutan. The Tashichho Dzong is the seat of Bhutans government and the residence of the countrys head abbott. Buddhism spread to Bhutan in the 8th century

Buddhist chortens, Chuzom, Bhutan. Buddhism spread to Bhutan in the 8th century

Tigers Nest monastery, Bhutan. Buildings of the Buddhist monastery of Taktsang (Tigers Nest) precariously sited on a rocky ledge over 2000 feet above the valley floor

Gedige Vihara, Kandy (Beispiel eines buddhistischen Tempels im Stile eines Hinduheiligtums, Dewale)
Gedige Vihara, Kandy (Beispiel eines buddhistischen Tempels im Stile eines Hinduheiligtums, Dewale, vom Anfang des 18. Jahrhunderts), 1926

Buddhistischer Monch der Burma-Sekte mit Palmblattfacher, 1926. Buddhist monk of the Burma sect with palm leaf fan. From Der Indische Kulturkreis in Einzeldarstellungen. [Georg Muller, Munich, 1926]

A royal priest, Siam, 1902. Artist: HW Rolfe
A royal priest, Siam, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Two lamas of Sikkim in ceremonial dress, 1902. Artist: Johnson & Hoffman
Two lamas of Sikkim in ceremonial dress, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Fishing Boat Off the Island Pagoda of Paknam, 1913. Artist: Edwin Norbury
A Fishing Boat Off the Island Pagoda of Paknam, 1913. From The Gorgeous East by Frank Elias. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1913]

The Temple of the Sacred Tooth, Kandy, 1913. Artist: Thyra Creyke-Clark
The Temple of the Sacred Tooth, Kandy, 1913. From The Gorgeous East by Frank Elias. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1913]

Burmese Monks Begging in a Village - Early Morning, 1913. Artist: James Raeburn Middleton
Burmese Monks Begging in a Village - Early Morning, 1913. From The Gorgeous East by Frank Elias. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1913]

Worshippers at a Shrine of Gautama, 1913. Artist: James Raeburn Middleton
Worshippers at a Shrine of Gautama, 1913. From The Gorgeous East by Frank Elias. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1913]

Buddhist temple interior with costly decorations in gold and colors, Moulmein, Burma, 1907. From The Underwood Travel Library, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1907]

Kelaniya Temple and Dagoba, c1890, (1910). Artist: Alfred William Amandus Plate
Kelaniya Temple and Dagoba, c1890, (1910). From The Hundred Best Views of Ceylon. [Plate Ltd, Colombo, Kandy & Nuwara Eliya, 1910]

Higashi Hongwanji, largest Buddhist temple in Japan just rebuilt, Kyoto, 1904. From The Underwood Travel Library - Japan, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1904]

Looking east from Miidera temple over Otsu and its canal to serene Lake Biwa, Japan, 1904. From The Underwood Travel Library - Japan, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1904]

At Asakusa, the great temple of Tokyo, the fortune-telling business is brisk, c1900, (1921). Two or three priests are busy all the time. From Mysterious Japan, by Julian Street

Gates of the Tanjo-ji temple, dedicated to Nichiren, c1900, (1921). Artist: Julian Leonard Street
Gates of the Tanjo-ji temple, dedicated to Nichiren, c1900, (1921). Tanjo-ji is a temple of the Nichiren Shu located in the city of Kamogawa in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, From Mysterious Japan

A Buddhist Priest, c1890, (1910). Artist: Alfred William Amandus Plate
A Buddhist Priest, c1890, (1910). From The Hundred Best Views of Ceylon. [Plate Ltd, Colombo, Kandy & Nuwara Eliya, 1910]

Burmese ladies on their way to the bazaar, Mandalay, Burma, 1907. [H. C. White Co. Chicago, New York, London, 1907]

Zenkoji Temple, Shinshu, c1900. Zenko-ji Hondo (The Main Hall). Zenko-ji, a Buddhist temple in Nagano, Japan. The temple was built in the 7th century, Nagano City

Within Toshogu Temple at Nikko, c1900. The UNESCO World Heritage Site Shrines and Temples of Nikko contain 103 buildings or structures and the grounds surrounding them

Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto, c1910. Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, officially Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera, an independent Buddhist temple in eastern Kyoto

Corean Painting, of the Great Buddhist priest P eng Yen of the T ai Yen hall, c16th century
Corean Painting - probably sixteenth century: inscribed portrait of the Great Buddhist priest P eng Yen of the T ai Yen hall, c 16th century. From The Connoisseur Volume 96, edited by Edward Wenham

Tiger Hill Pagoda, the Leaning Tower, of Soo-Chow (Suzhou), China, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Tiger Hill Pagoda, the Leaning Tower, of Soo-Chow (Suzhou), China, 1900. This 154 foot tall, seven storey octagonal pagoda was completed in around 960 AD. Stereoscopic card. Detail

A bundle of buddhist prayers, China, 1896. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
A bundle of buddhist prayers, China, 1896. Stereoscopic card. Detail

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