Subject
Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva is a subject in art. The gallery holds 114 works in this subject in art, including works by Wang Zhenpeng, Mahavihara Master and Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎.
In Buddhism, a bodhisattva is a person who has attained, or is striving towards, bodhi ('awakening', 'enlightenment') or Buddhahood. Often, the term specifically refers to a person who forgoes or delays personal nirvana or bodhi in order to compassionately help other individuals reach Buddhahood.
Key artists
Works
釈迦三尊十六羅漢像|Shaka (Shakyamuni), the Historical Buddha, with Two Attendant Bodhisattvas and Sixteen Arhats
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元 廣勝寺 藥師佛法會圖壁畫|Buddha of Medicine Bhaishajyaguru (Yaoshi fo)
金剛界曼荼羅諸尊図像|Scroll of Deities of the Diamond World Mandala
元 王振鵬 維摩不二圖 卷|Vimalakirti and the Doctrine of Nonduality
아미타삼존도 고려|阿彌陀三尊圖 高麗|Amitabha triad
熊野曼茶羅図|Mandala of Kumano Shrine
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석가삼존도 조선|釋迦三尊圖 朝鮮|Shakyamuni triad
白衣観音図|White-robed Kannon
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극락에서 설법하는 아미타불 조선|阿彌陀極樂會圖 朝鮮|Amitabha Buddha’s assembly in the Western Paradise
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明 佚名 釋教三尊曼陀羅圖 軸|Mandala of Vajradhara, Manjushri and Sadakshari -Lokeshvara
当麻曼荼羅図|Taima Mandala
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작자미상 수월관음도 고려|作者未詳 水月觀音圖 高麗|Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara
請雨経曼荼羅図像|Iconographic Drawing of a Rainmaking Mandala
般若菩薩曼荼羅図|Mandala of the Bodhisattva Hannya (Prajnaparamita)
白衣観音図|White-Robed Kannon
수월관음도 고려|水月觀音圖 高麗|Water-moon Avalokiteshvara
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元 佚名 釋迦三尊圖 軸|Shakyamuni coming down from the mountains
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八字文殊曼荼羅図|Mandala of the Bodhisattva Monju (Manjushri) of the Eight Syllables
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春日宮曼荼羅 (Kasuga miya mandara)|Mandala of Kasuga Shrine
當麻曼荼羅図 |Taima Mandala
五髻文殊菩薩像|The Bodhisattva Monju (Manjushri) with Five Topknots
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伝託磨為遠筆 月光菩薩像 「金胎仏画帖」断簡|Gakkō Bosatsu, from “Album of Buddhist Deities from the Diamond World and Womb World Mandalas” (“Kontai butsugajō”)
仏伝図|Scene from the Life of the Buddha
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釈迦三尊十大弟子像|Shaka (Shakyamuni), the Historical Buddha, with Two Attendant Bodhisattvas and the Ten Great Disciples
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大般若経（中尊寺経）|Great Wisdom Sutra (Daihannya-kyō), from the Chūsonji Temple Sutra Collection (Chūsonji-kyō)
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集一切福徳三昧経.|Illustrated Frontispiece to the Sutra of Enlightenment through the Accumulation of Merit and Virtue, the So-called Jingoji Sutra
Initiation Cards (Tsakalis)
十一面観音来迎図|Descent of Eleven-Headed Kannon
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八字文殊菩薩像|Monju Bosatsu with Eight Sacred Sanskrit Syllables
愛染曼荼羅図像 (Aizen mandara zuzō)|Iconographical Drawing of the Mandala of the Wisdom King Aizen
아미타불과 지장보살도 고려|阿彌陀佛・地藏菩薩圖 高麗|Amitabha and Kshitigarba
阿弥陀二十五菩薩来迎図|Welcoming Descent of Amida Buddha and Twenty-five Bodhisattvas
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阿弥陀聖衆来迎図 |Welcoming Descent of Amida and Bodhisattvas
大精進菩薩図像 （「金胎仏画帖」より）|Daishōjin Bosatsu, from “Album of Buddhist Deities from the Diamond World and Womb World Mandalas”
大般若経（中尊寺経）|Great Wisdom Sutra (Daihannya-kyō) from the Chūsonji Temple Sutra Collection (Chūsonji-kyō)
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地蔵来迎図|Welcoming Descent of Jizō
春日鹿曼荼羅 (Kasuga shika mandara)|Deer Mandala of Kasuga Shrine
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唐/五代 菩薩圖|Banner with Bodhisattva, possibly Mahamayuri
明 佚名 觀音羅漢圖 扇|Guanyin and the sixteen luohans
『妙法蓮華経』 「観世音菩薩普門品」|“Universal Gateway,” Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra
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Monju on a Lion
十一面観音影向図|Eleven-Headed Kannon on Mount Fudaraku
법화경변상도 고려|Illustrated manuscript of the Lotus Sutra (Miaofa lianhua jing), Volume 2
明 佚名 全室宗泐題贊 白衣觀音圖 軸|White-Robed Guanyin
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明 陳洪綬 準提佛母法像圖 軸|Bodhisattva Guanyin in the Form of the Buddha Mother
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清 佚名 大勢至菩薩像 軸|Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva
지장보살도 고려|地藏菩薩圖 高麗|Kshitigarbha
Vasudhara Mandala
明 佚名 送子觀音圖 軸|Guanyin the Bringer of Sons
白衣観音図|White-Robed Kannon
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見返り地蔵菩薩図|The Bodhisattva Jizō “Looking Back”
狩野探幽筆 笛吹地蔵図|Jizō Bosatsu Playing a Flute
馬鳴菩薩図像|Iconographic Drawing of the Bodhisattva Memyō (Ashvaghosha)
弥勒菩薩像|Miroku Bosatsu
地蔵菩薩来迎図|Welcoming Descent of the Bodhisattva Jizō
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地蔵菩薩像|Jizō Bosatsu
White-Robed Kannon
英一蝶筆 地蔵菩薩図|Jizō Bosatsu
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十一面観音像下絵|Drawing of Eleven-headed Kannon
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白衣観音図|White-Robed Kannon
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楊柳観音菩薩像 (Yōryū Kannon Bosatsu zō)|The Bodhisattva Willow Kannon (Avalokiteshvara)
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十一面観音来迎図|Descent of Eleven-Headed Kannon
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