All of the Buddhas in the West social media posts are archived and accessible below. Individual posts are listed chronologically by release, with the oldest at top. Scroll to bottom to sort posts by various tags. For an introduction to this archive, visit the main Buddhas in the West project page.
Johannes Nieuhof’s Temple Interior Engraving [1666]Shimooka Renjō’s Daibutsu Carte-de-visite [1871]Postcard from the Old Shinkōji Daibutsu [1910s]Kannon Hase-dera Talisman [1880s?]Greta Garbo’s Guanyin in The Painted Veil (1934)D.A. Ahuja’s Postcard Buddhas [1910s]Herbert Ponting’s Nichiren Priest Stereoview [1906]Hyōgo Daibutsu Vignette Postcard [c.1907]Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Japan Advertising Card [1891]Hamburg–American Cruise Postcard [1934]Ueno Daibutsu Postcard [1903]Bamiyan Buddha Saturday Magazine Print [1836]Jerome Camp Amida Shrine News Photograph [1940s]Mott Street Laughing Buddha Postcard [1940s?]Olfert Dapper’s Formosan Buddha Engraving [1674]Rose and Pollack’s Buddha Foxtrot Sheet Music [1919]D.A. Ahuja’s Arakan Mahāmuni Postcard [1910s]Andrew Marton’s Storm Over Tibet (1952) IconHenry Strohmeyer’s Jizō Statues Stereoview [1896]Singapore Buddhist Hell Guardian Postcard [1920s?]Lambert and Butler’s Kamakura Daibutsu Cigarette Card [1905]Fresno Japanese Buddhist Temple Postcard [1908]Paul Frenzeny’s Chinese Temple Print [1873]Pierrot’s “Prisonnier dans la pagode” Magazine [1933]Auguste Wahlen’s “Bonzes chinois” Engraving [1843]Korea’s Eunjin Mireuk Postcard [1930s?]Baron Raimund von Stillfried’s Daibutsu Carte de visite [1870s]American Express Daibutsu Advertisement [1923]D.A. Ahuja’s Buddhist Priests Postcard [1910s]The Cheat (1923) Production PhotographKeystone’s Nara Kokūzō Stereoview [1901]World in Boston Missionary Expo Buddhism Postcard [1911]Argosy’s Jungle Justice Pulp Magazine Cover [1930]Liebig’s Komusō Advertising Card [1905]Hand-Colored Daibutsu Postcard Comparison [1910s]1876 Centennial Ivory Pagoda PrintParis’ Panorama du Tour du Monde Advertising Card [1900]Vantine’s Buddha Sandalwood Incense Tin [1920s]A.W. Plâté’s Reliquary Offering Postcard [1900s]Daibutsu and Tour Group Glass Lantern Slide [c.1910]Thomas Allom’s Sticks of Fate Engraving [1843]D.A. Ahuja’s Idol Maker Postcard [1910s]Albumen Photograph of Sanjūsangen-dō Kannon [1880s]Anna Eva Faye’s Śiva Mascot Token [1900s]Tooth of the Buddha Reliquary Postcard [c.1902]Marguerite Courtot c. 1920 Studio PortraitHerbert Ponting’s Japanese Pilgrims near Lake Kawaguchi Stereoview [1904]Pierre Dieulefils’ Angkor Wat Buddhapada Postcard [1900s]Liebig’s Chinese Buddha Advertising Card [1905]Fritz Müller’s Tin How Temple Postcard [c.1907]Hyōgo Daibutsu at Kobe F.S. Postcard [c.1907]Joseph Keppler’s Crafty Priests Puck Magazine Cover [1888]Alain Mallet’s Porcelain Pagoda of Baoen Temple Engraving [1683]George Planté’s Hall of a Thousand Buddhas Postcard [c.1905]Adolfo Farsari’s Kamakura Daibutsu Photograph [1887]1933 Golden Pavilion Laughing Buddha Playing CardD.A. Ahuja’s Buddhist Priest Portrait Postcard [1901s]Wall Street Mystery (1920) Promotional Handbook1904 Metropolitan Series “Japanese Pagoda” StereoviewPierre Dieulefils’ Tārā Postcard [1900s]Chocolat Pupier’s Kinkaku-ji Trade Card [1936]Pacific Curio Shop Niō Statue Postcard [1950s?]George Planté’s Ruins of Ankgor Postcard [c.1905]Alain Mallet’s Dalai Lama Engraving [1683]Hakone Pass Jizō Magic Lantern Slide [1910s?]Wa Lum (Hualin) Temple 500 Arhats Hall Postcard [c.1910]Tamamura Kōzaburō’s Hyōgo Vairocana Photograph [1890s]World Wide Magazine 1938 Laughing Buddha CoverArnoldus Montanus’ Great Buddha of Hōkō-ji Engraving [1680]D.A. Ahuja’s Kyauktawgyi Icon Postcard [1910s]Ruth St. Denis as Guanyin Tri-Fold Brochure [1920s]The “Dancing Lamas” and Epic of Everest (1924) Prologue Newspaper IllustrationHerbert Ponting’s Shwethalyaung Sleeping Buddha Stereoview [1907]Used Postcard with Kamakura Daibutsu Dimensions [1906]Liebig Dalai Lama Advertising Card [1935]Pierre Dieulefils’ Angkor Wat Pilgrimage Postcard [1900s]Kamakura Sightseeing Map (1912)Ueno Daibutsu after the Great Kantō Earthquake Postcard [1923]William Alexander’s Idol Temple Aquatint Print [1805]T. Enami’s “Buddha’s Bicycle” Lantern Slide [1920s]Joseph Rock’s Photographs of Zhouni (Choni) Monastery [1928]Kūkai’s Jizō at Hakone Postcard [1930s]D.A. Ahuja’s Kaunghmudaw Pagoda Postcard [1910]1922 French Colonial Exposition Angkor Wat Replica PostcardGuanyin Icon in The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)Bourne and Shepherd’s “Native of Thibet” Postcard [1900s]Underwood’s Four Seated Buddhas of Bago Stereoview [1907]Chocolat Pupier’s “Le Japon ancien” Trade Card [1936]T. Enami’s Sanjūsangen-dō Lantern Slide [1920s]Pierre Dieulefils’ Tien Mu Temple Postcard [1900s]Harper’s 1871 “Joss House” PrintOlfert Dapper’s “The Idoll Sechia” Engraving [1674]Eastman Kodak European Tour Group Real Photo Postcard [c.1910]Wilhelm Burger’s Kamakura Daibutsu Photograph [1870]Fresno’s “Joss House” Press Photograph [1960]Buddhist Temple of Los Angeles Postcard [1910s]Chinatown’s Tin How Temple / Grass Valley Temple Real Photo Postcard [1930s?]James Ricalton’s Priest at the Temple of the Tooth [1903]Sherab Gyatso of Ghoom Monastery Postcard [1910s]Arnoldus Montanus’ Icon with Thirty Arms Engraving [1669]Eliphalet Brown’s Buddhist Priest at Shimoda Lithograph [1856]Nipponophone’s Moving Buddha Advertising Postcard [1910s]Felice Beato’s Kichizo Jizō Photograph [1860s]Dreamland’s Japanese Tea Garden Pagoda Postcard [1912]Philip Klier’s “Scene on the Shwe Dagon Pagoda” Postcard [1900s]Chinese Buddhist Shrine in The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929)Keystone’s Kotte Temple Stereoview [1901]Fritz Kapp’s Lamas and Disciples Postcard [1910s]
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Milestones: First Social Media Post: June 11, 2024 (Twitter) 100th Social Media Post: May 19, 2025 [First 100 Objects 100 Stories] Total Count: 108 archived posts (as of November 16, 2025)
The Buddhas in the West Material Archive is a digital scholarship project that catalogues artifacts depicting Buddhist material culture for Western audiences. It’s comprised of prints, photos, and an assortment of ephemera and other objects. For a brief introduction to this archive, visit the main Buddhas in the West project page.
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