The Collection – University of Michigan Museum of Art

Phra Malai (The Monk)

19th century - early 20th century

Thai

gilt bronze

Buddhist Monk with begging bowl

18th century

Japanese

hanging scroll fragment (framed), ink and color on silk

Kalpasutra manuscript, leaf: A Jaina monk (fol. no. 2r)

15th century

Indian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a community of laymen

18th century

Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi School

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

An imaginary portrait of the Tibetan monk and scholar Go Lotsawa (1392–1481)

18th century - 19th century

Tibetan

ink on silk?

Gelugpa Merit Field, centered on Tsongkhapa, with lineage teachers above and to the sides, and meditational deities (yidam) and protectors (dharmapala) below.

1800-1850

Tibetan; Nepali

gouache and gold on cotton

Portrait of a Monk

18th century

Japanese

hanging scroll fragment, framed; ink and color on silk; separate inscription

Portrait of an Rölpai Dorje (1717–1786), Lama of the Seal

1736-1795

Tibetan

ink, mineral pigments, and gold on paper

Descent of the River Ganges

circa 1775

Indian

ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Yungdron Dorje Pal (1284–1365) subduing a wrathful demon while attended by a meditation deity, Mahakala and other monks.

1700-1750

Tibetan

ink and gouache on cotton

Monk (attendant figure at a Buddhist altar)

19th century - early 20th century

Thai

bronze

Tsuba (sword guard) with design of Kanzan (Chinese, Han Shan) and Jittoku (Chinese, Shihde), two Zen eccentrics

early 18th century

Japanese

iron with gold, silver, and shakudô (copper-gold alloy) inlays

Ôtsu-e: Warrior Monk of Mii Temple Tossing Armor

circa 1950-1989

Japanese

ink and color on paper

Portrait of a Monk (Hônen?): Pilgrimage Souvenir from Hôshôji, Kodairao ?) Village, Wakayama Prefecture

19th century

Japanese

handcolored woodblock print on paper, mounted as hanging scroll

Kômusô Monk and Attendant

18th century

Soga Shōhaku

hanging scroll, ink on paper

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