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  • Japanese funeral customs: in a wooden temple outbuilding, overseen by a Buddhist monk, three attendants dressed in loincloths uncover a tub-shaped coffin to reveal the body of a dead man. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A man with three eyes is fitted with spectacles, watched by a man and woman with fantastically elongated necks, both smoking pipes; a Buddhist monk (?) playing a shamisen looks away. Coloured woodcut by K. Hokusai, 1834.
  • Above, Lo Xuegu(?), a Chinese painter, shown seated in front of his artist's materials, playing a lute-like instrument and singing, while his dog dances; below, an attempt to photograph a Niō (Buddhist diety), who is watched with amusement by a fellow Niō. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, ca. 1870.
  • Left, two ducks flying over a boat on the Ton[229]e River; above right, a carver chiseling Buddhist sculptures; below right, A man holding a staff stands at a gatehouse (bansho) on the Nakagawa river. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with left design by Mōsai (Yoshitora), ca. 1870.
  • Nepal; travelling butcher in the Khumbu, 1986. Well-dressed Sherpas buying yak meat from butcher, near Lukla (altitude 2827 metres). Meat is not generally eaten by Sherpas who are Buddhists, adhering to the oldest, unreformed sect of Tibetan Buddhism known as Kar-gyud-pa. Buddhists make up about 5.3% of Nepal's population whilst 89.5% are Hindu. The cultural heritage of the Sherpas, however, has always remained with Tibet.
  • Nepal; agriculture and subsistence in the Khumbu, 1986. Area as N0022565. Farmland on the lower slopes of the Himalayas (altitude 2900 metres). Sherpas are Buddhists and their houses are surrounded with prayer sticks flying cloth flags. A sherpa group with yaks travel along
  • Nepal; town life in the Khumbu, 1986. Namche Bazar (altitude 3446 metres), a bustling and prosperous market town, is the largest Sherpa settlement in the Khumbu. Many of its Tibetan-style houses devote the ground floor to animal shelters while the family lives upstairs. Most have windows and doors at the front of the building only, the back being built into the side of the mountain. Firewood is stacked against walls, and small terraced fields grow staples (potatoes, barley, wheat). At left is a Buddhist shrine or stupa, on each side of which is painted the eyes of the Buddha. Prayer flags are strung out from its summit.
  • A Thai monk holding a fan. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • A Thai monk holding a fan. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Siam [Thailand]: monks and their assistants. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Siam [Thailand]: monks and their assistants. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Fangguangyan monastery, Fujian province, China: three monks at the meal table. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-18711.
  • Fangguangyan monastery, Fujian province, China: three monks at the meal table. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-18711.
  • Pancaraksa, AD 1653, Ranjana script, Sitavati
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Pancaraksa, AD 1653, Ranjana script
  • Pancaraksa, AD 1653, Ranjana script, Mahamayun
  • A Chinese deity identified as Kuan Yin, seated in the lotus position on a jade throne, with ten arms, carrying weapons, a bell and round objects. Painting by a Chinese artist.
  • The bodhisattva of compassion: Avalokiteśvara or Guanyin. Gouache painting.
  • Fangguangyan monastery, Fujian province, China: a monk ringing the bell. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-1871.
  • Fangguangyan monastery, Fujian province, China: a monk ringing the bell. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-1871.
  • Attributes of Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The Great Chaitya Temple on the island of Salsette, Maharashtra. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1799.
  • The entrance to the Great Chaitya Temple on the island of Salsette, Maharashtra. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1799.
  • Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.
  • Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.