buddhism

[Religious figure, possibly Buddha, sitting on a lotus, facing front, ...

Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Madras, India -- One of "Seven Pagodas"

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Karmapa Lama's successor studying penmanship, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Lama and prayer wheel / Alice S. Kandell.

Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106). Photographer's stamp on back of print. "© Alice Kandell" written on back of print. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Li... More

[Dragon head carvings above the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple...

Title devised by Library staff from information on similar slide: LC-KAN05-3055. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg.... More

Lama turning prayer wheel activating prayers

Photograph shows a Shinglay Lama seated on ground, turning a large prayer wheel, Sikkim. (Source: related image in LOT 14032-1, no. 041). Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (... More

[Drum inside royal palace temple, Gangtok, Sikkim]

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Black Hat dance: Lama chants, Sikkim

Related photograph published in : Sikkim; the hidden kingdom / text and photos. by Alice Kandell. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1971, p. 35. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photograph... More

[Head Black Hat Lama chanting during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sik...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; te... More

[Ceremonial dancers waiting for lamas to come out of the temple for Ne...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Paintings and carvings inside Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

New Chinatown in Los Angeles, California

This area was originally Los Angeles' Little Italy. In the 1920s and 30s, the Chinese moved in. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California ... More

Laotian New Years celebration, Lowell Girls Club, Lowell, Massachusett...

Index data: 1, Lay leader holding microphone and reading from piece of paper; 2, Woman next to money tree; 3, Same as 1; 4, Monk sitting behind two lamps; 5, Same as 4, pot with small triangular red-and-white f... More

Peggy Staley and mandala art book, Saunderstown, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-4, Mandala paintings prior to Peg's conscious knowledge of her cancer; 5-6, Mandala paintings just a few days before cancer was recognized and diagnosed - precognitive; 7-8, Paintings suggestive o... More

Peggy Staley home and artwork, Saunderstown, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-4, Exterior shots of the house; 5-6, Bird feeder at dining room table; 7-9, Vegetable garden; 10-12, Peg Staley on front steps, poncho style shirt woven by Peg; 13-15, Interior of barn-style addit... More

Jimmy Woo's Pagoda, horizontal view, Route 53, Eau Claire, Wisconsin (...

Margolies, John,, photographer...Jimmy Woo's Pagoda, horizontal view, Route 53, Eau Claire, Wisconsin..1980...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date and keywords based on... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

Sekai daisō no zu. - Public domain vintage map

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

[Images of Hinduism and Buddhism] / G. Heck, dirt. ; Henry Winkles scu...

Includes images of Vishnu, Buddha, and Hindu ascetics. Illus. in: Iconographic encyclopaedia of science, literature, and art / Johann G. Heck. New York : Published by Rudolph Garrigue, 1851, division 8, vol. 2, pl. 3.

Beautifully carved marble pagoda, on the site of an old Buddhist monas...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Pagodas; Ph. Ind.

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Photo shows Horyuji, a temple in Ikarga, Japan. The pagoda, constructed in the 7th century, is considered one of the oldest wooden buildings in the world.

[Lama displaying brocaded robe and masks for the New Year's ceremony a...

Mahakala deity, photo by Alice S. Kandell

Photograph shows a painting of the Mahākāla, a Buddhist deity, Sikkim. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 002 ... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

The pagoda / Bertha Lum. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Pagoda with reflection in body of water in foreground. Signed in pencil on border.

[Details of Chinese architecture] / G. Heck, dirt. ; Henry Winkles, sc...

Includes details of houses, the house of a mandarin in Tong-Chow, a porcelain tower near Peking, pagoda at How, and the entrance to the temple of Confucius in Tsing-hai.

Zōjōji tō akabane, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a bird's-eye view from near the top of a pagoda with river, bridge, and temple in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

[Temple of Heaven, Peking, China] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of historical landmark building in France, French architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tower of Kiyomori, Hiogo - Public domain architectural drawing

Photograph shows a stone pagoda erected in memory of Taira Kiyomori, in Hyōgo. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict birds in the upper right and a fountain in the lower left. No. A402. Illus. in album: Japa... More

Photographic Views of Thailand - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Buddha. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Thailand. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Queen Soopyalali's silver [Pagoda]

Public domain photograph of large building, palace, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Travel views of Japan and Korea

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[China and Korea]. A married man. Emperor's Palace at Seoul. Seoul Man...

Photographs in Manchuria show people standing by railroad tracks with large sacks. Titles from item and devised by Library staff. From disbound album of James Maxwell Pringle's business trip to Russia and Asia ... More

[Final examination ceremony for lamas]

Photograph shows several Buddhist monks, including children, seated on floor, watching a monk gesturing and moving, Sikkim. Title from: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlott... More

[Masked Black Hat dancer at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[High Lama reads from Buddhist texts in religious ceremony at the Tsuk...

[Masks of different deities, Gangtok, Sikkim]

Location from information on slide: LC-KAN-0712. Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN-0090. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 1... More

Lama boys with Gyalings (horns) of silver and goi[?] wood, Sikkim

Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN-0087. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Col... More

[Lama ringing bell to begin New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 82-83, where image appears with caption "Lamas chant praye... More

[Religious painting in monastery]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Veneration of the Ancestors Feast, Trairatanaram Temple, Chelmsford, M...

Index data: All of the following photographs except 1-7 were made at the Buddhist temple in Chelmsford - Trairatanaram Temple (which serves the Lowell community) on the occasion of the Veneration of the Ancesto... More

Buddhist temple, Chelmsford, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Index data: All of the following photographs except 1-7 were made at the Buddhist temple in Chelmsford - Trairatanaram Temple (which serves the Lowell community) on the occasion of a feast day commemorating dea... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

Each illustration, including front of envelope, is signed with Japanese characters and chops. Japanese text appears in the left and right margins of the three printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935.... More

[Edo nihonbashi], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians and porters crossing the Nihon Bridge with view from the bridge of a canal and a temple and Mount Fuji in the distance. Title from online source, other descriptive information compiled b... More

Sculpture that belonged to Arnold Genthe

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Travel views of Japan. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

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Travel views of Japan and Korea

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

[Drumbeats accompany prayers inside temple]

Photograph shows monks, some with drums, praying in a temple, Sikkim. Title from: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 116-117. P... More

[Lamas spinning prayer wheels at old Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Black Hat Lama and men with offerings at New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]

Related photograph published in : Sikkim; the hidden kingdom / text and photos. by Alice Kandell. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1971, p. 35. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photograph... More

[Blue Mahakala dancer initiating the New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sik...

[Lamas praying as they walk down the mountain to perform religious sac...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Monks parade down the mountain to perform religious sacrifice, Sikkim...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Peggy Staley and mandala art book, Saunderstown, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-4, Mandala paintings prior to Peg's conscious knowledge of her cancer; 5-6, Mandala paintings just a few days before cancer was recognized and diagnosed - precognitive; 7-8, Paintings suggestive o... More

Peggy Staley home and artwork, Saunderstown, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-4, Exterior shots of the house; 5-6, Bird feeder at dining room table; 7-9, Vegetable garden; 10-12, Peg Staley on front steps, poncho style shirt woven by Peg; 13-15, Interior of barn-style addit... More

Buddhist temple, Chelmsford, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Index data: All of the following photographs except 1-7 were made at the Buddhist temple in Chelmsford - Trairatanaram Temple (which serves the Lowell community) on the occasion of a feast day commemorating dea... More

Trairatanaram Temple, North Chelmsford, Massachusetts documentary phot...

Index data: Trairatanaram Temple, N. Chelmsford, MA. 2-21, American monk John Massey in his room on the lower level of the temple in Chelmsford; 22-24, Michael Bell and John Massey; 25-27, Shrine outside the te... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

Buddhist service, Manzanar Relocation Center, California / photograph ...

Man reading at podium while two men pray. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-6-M-36. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Forms part of: Manzanar War Relocation Ce... More

Sikkim, Gangtok, early Buddhist scrip[t] written on palm leave[s]

Photograph shows palm leaves with Devanagari and Bengali script, on exhibit at the Namgyal Tibetology Institute, Gangtok, Sikkim. Caption below palm leaves: "Indian MSS 4 Medieval Devanagari & Old Bengali. Pro... More

Rangoon - pagoda scene, lantern slide

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Rangoon - entrance to pagoda. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Photo shows Horyuji, a temple in Ikarga, Japan. The pagoda, constructed in the 7th century, is considered one of the oldest wooden buildings in the world.

Traditional religious offering to High Lama

Photograph shows a monk carrying offering, possibly a butter sculpture. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 004... More

Studying the art of religious painting

Photograph shows boys painting religious pictures, Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kande... More

Studying the art of religious painting

Photograph shows boy drawing and copying a religious picture, Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Ali... More

[Man squatting outdoors holding a basket with a religious offering (?)...

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Black Hat Lama preparing for religious sacrifice at the New Year's ce...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Mahakala masked dancers entering the New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Si...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; te... More

[Shinglay Lama beating on large drum near Singhik, Sikkim]

Related photograph published in : Sikkim; the hidden kingdom / text and photos. by Alice Kandell. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1971, p. 26. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Ho... More

[Prayer ceremony altar with burning flame and butter paste offerings (...

Date from information on related slide: LC-KAN05-0266. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 008 (color reference... More

The 100-foot-high, five-tiered Peace Pagoda, built in 1969 as an entra...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Japan Buddha, Around the World in 18 Holes, Lake Placid, New York

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More

New Chinatown in Los Angeles, California

This area was originally Los Angeles' Little Italy. In the 1920s and 30s, the Chinese moved in. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California ... More

Veneration of the Ancestors Feast, Trairatanaram Temple, Chelmsford, M...

Index data: All of the following photographs except 1-7 were made at the Buddhist temple in Chelmsford - Trairatanaram Temple (which serves the Lowell community) on the occasion of the Veneration of the Ancesto... More

Trairatanaram Temple, North Chelmsford, Lowell, Massachusetts; Southea...

Index data: TRAIRATANARAM TEMPLE, NORTH CHELMSFORD. 1, Michael Bell and John Massey sitting in Massey's bedroom in temple; 2-3, John Massey sitting by small figure of Buddha's head; 4-5, John Massey with beggin... More

Buddhist temple, Chelmsford, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Index data: All of the following photographs except 1-7 were made at the Buddhist temple in Chelmsford - Trairatanaram Temple (which serves the Lowell community) on the occasion of a feast day commemorating dea... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

[Pagoda of Ankor, Paris Exhibition, 1889]

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sculpture that belonged to Arnold Genthe

Title devised. Photograph by Arnold Genthe of a sculpture in his art collection. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943.

Sculpture that belonged to Arnold Genthe

Title devised. Photograph by Arnold Genthe of a sculpture in his art collection. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943.

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Buu Mon Buddhist Temple in Port Arthur, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The four-tier pagoda tower symbolizes tenets in the Buddhist faith. Built as a Baptist Church more than 40 years ago, this building w... More

Dadian he shang zhu Xin jing : yi juan

元至正二十年（1360）刻本 四周雙欄 白口 單魚尾 原本版匡高21.2寬13.5公分. 十行十八字經文一占小字四字. Ten lines, with eighteen characters per line; text from the sutra in large characters that occupy the positions of four of the smaller characters over... More

Monograph of the Buddhist temple in the Free museum of science and art...

Also available in digital form.

Miao fa lian hua jing : qi juan

Also available in digital form. Gift Ellery Sedgwick 1948. 一捲一木匣. One folded sheet in wooden case. 南宋紹興末刻本 經褶裝 上下單邊 左右通欄 無魚尾 匡高16.8公分 全書高19.6，寬8.7公分 (全書攤開時, 長68呎4吋, 寬6.5吋). 十二行二十七字. On each sheet, twelve lines ... More

Peggy Staley and mandala art book, Saunderstown, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-4, Mandala paintings prior to Peg's conscious knowledge of her cancer; 5-6, Mandala paintings just a few days before cancer was recognized and diagnosed - precognitive; 7-8, Paintings suggestive o... More

Monograph of the Buddhist temple in the Free museum of science and art...

Also available in digital form.