By faith
Buddhism and East Asian faiths
Temples, monasteries, idols and ceremonies of Japan, China, Siam and Burma: Picart's Japanese plates of the 1720s, Confucius and the Buddha Amida, the Obon festival, the Buddha at Bodh Gaya after Symes (1800), and Ferrario's Chinese processions.
42 prints
Rites of the World · MCMXX
Hand Painted Mandala Thangka, circa 1920
1920 · 68 × 53.5 cm£875
Rites of the World · MDCCXXV
Antique Print of a Funeral Procession of the Kings of Vietnam or Tonkin, 1725
1725 · 46.7 × 39.5 cm£635
Houses of Worship · MDCCXXVI
Antique Print of a Temple in Japan with Religious Idols by B. Picart, 1726
1726 · 46.7 × 39.4 cm£405
Rites of the World · MDCCXXX
Antique Print of Japanese Wedding and Funeral Ceremonies by B. Picart, c.1730
1730 · 49 × 40 cm£380
Rites of the World · MDCCLXXXII
Religious Antique Engravings of Confucius and Buddha Amida in Japan, ca.1782
1782 · 37 × 26.5 cm£340
Rites of the World · MDCCCXV
Chinese Costume and Ritual Scenes, Set of Three Ferrario Engravings, Italy 1815
1815 · 24.4 × 35.4 cm£315
Rites of the World · MDCCCXV
Chinese Ceremonial Processions, Hand-Colored Engravings from Ferrario, 1815
1815 · 35.4 × 25.4 cm£315
Rites of the World
Antique Print of a Japanese Funeral Ceremony
Date not stated · 37 × 31 cm£290
Rites of the World · MDCCCXV
Chinese Religious Figures and Temple Statues, Ferrario Costume Series, 1815
1815 · 35.2 × 25.2 cm£265
Rites of the World
Antique Print of a Religious Man in a Sedan Chair, China
Date not stated · 24.8 × 23.8 cm£255
Saints and Devotion · MDCCCXLVII
Antique Print of Religious Persecution by the Japanese, 1847
1847 · 18 × 27 cm£245
Rites of the World
Japanese Monk and Young Attendant: Antique Lithograph, 1880s
Date not stated · 27.5 × 40 cm£245
Rites of the World · MDCCCVI
Chinese Funeral Procession with Palanquin, Engraving after Sonnerat, 1806
1806 · 39 × 28.5 cm£245
Houses of Worship · MDCCXXX
Print of Convent of the Buddhist Monks Named Talapoins, Siam 'Thailand', ca.1730
1730 · 23 × 35 cm£220
Rites of the World · MDCCXXX
Buddhist Talapoins next to Pagodas and Parasols given by the King of Siam, c1730
1730 · 23.5 × 37 cm£220
Rites of the World · MDCCCXII
Nagasaki Japan Procession, Antique Engraving, 1812
1812 · 35.8 × 27.2 cm£210
Rites of the World · MDCCXXXIX
Antique Print of Statues of Buddha and Siamese Deities by A. van der Laan, 1739
1739 · 22.8 × 19.5 cm£210
Rites of the World · MDCCLVIII
Old Print Depicting the Buddhist Festival of Souls 'Obon', 1758
1758 · 20.5 × 27 cm£205
Rites of the World · MDCCLVIII
Old Engraving Depicting the Buddhist Festival of Souls 'Obon' in Japan, 1758
1758 · 20 × 27 cm£205
Rites of the World · MDCLXIX
Antique Engraving with a Description of the Monkey Temple in Japan, 1669
1669 · 20.2 × 32.2 cm£205
Rites of the World
Old Print of Idols of the Temple of Ablaykit, a Buddhist Monastery in Kazakhstan
Date not stated · 34.5 × 24 cm£205
Rites of the World · MDCCC
Antique Print of a Burman Buddha by Symes, 1800
1800 · 24 × 33 cm£185
Houses of Worship · MDCCXXX
Antique Print of the Convent of Buddhist Monks in Myanmar or Siam, Asia, c.1730
1730 · 23.5 × 37 cm£185
Houses of Worship · MDCCXXXIX
Antique Print of a Monastery of the Talapoin in Siam (Thailand), 1739
1739 · 23 × 19.5 cm£185
Rites of the World · MDCCCLVI
Old Lithograph of a Buddhist priest of Shimoda, Japan, 1856
1856 · 23 × 29 cm£180
Rites of the World
Antique Print of a Chinese Funeral by Chedel
Date not stated · 35 × 25 cm£170
Rites of the World · MDCCCLIII
Antique Print of a Japanese Funeral by D'Urville, 1853
1853 · 26 × 17 cm£170
Rites of the World
Antique Print of a Chinese Funeral
Date not stated · 29.8 × 24.2 cm£170
Rites of the World · MDCLXV
Antique Print of Chinese Monks by Nieuhof, 1665
1665 · 19 × 30.5 cm£160
Rites of the World · MDCCXLIX
Antique Print of a Chinese Funeral, 1749
1749 · 31.5 × 23 cm£155
Houses of Worship · MDCCLXVIII
Antique Print of the Temple of Ablaykit, a Buddhist Monastery, Kazakhstan, 1768
1768 · 18 × 25 cm£155
Rites of the World · MDCCXLVI
Antique Print of Tongzhou in China and a Pilgrimage for a Fertile Year, 1746
1746 · 18 × 25.5 cm£155
Rites of the World · MDCCC
Burmese Monk in His Religious Robe, Antique Costume Print, circa 1800
1800 · 12 × 21 cm£155
Houses of Worship · MDCCLI
Engraving of Thai Buddhist Temple and Monastery in Ayutthaya, Siam, 1751
1751 · 16.3 × 22.9 cm£145
Houses of Worship
Antique Engraving of the Temple of Ablaykit, a Buddhist Monastery in Kazakhstan
Date not stated · 18 × 25 cm£135
Houses of Worship · MDCCC
Antique Print of a Kioum or Buddhist Monastery in Burma by Symes '1800'
1800 · 33 × 24 cm£125
Rites of the World · MDCCC
Antique Print of the Great Buddha Statue 'Bodh Gaya' by Symes '1800'
1800 · 24 × 33 cm£125
Rites of the World · MDCCC
Antique Print of Buddha's Footprint by Symes (1800)
1800 · 33 × 24 cm£125
Rites of the World · MDCCXLIX
Antique Print of Monks of Fo in China 1749
1749 · 19 × 26 cm£120
Saints and Devotion · MDCLXV
Antique Print of a Chinese Christian Being Punished by Nieuhof, 1665
1665 · 19.5 × 30.5 cm£110
Rites of the World · MDCCC
Seated Buddha at Gaya, Antique Dutch Print of a Statue in Bengal, ca. 1800
1800 · 12 × 20.8 cm£100
Rites of the World · MDCCXLIX
Antique Print of Tongzhou and a Pilgrimage by Van Schley, 1749
1749 · 19.5 × 25.5 cm£85
Buddhism and East Asian faiths in print
Europe learned of the religions of East Asia through missionaries, the Dutch East India Company and travel books. Montanus and Picart engraved the temples and ceremonies of Japan, Nieuhof the monks of China, Symes the Buddhas and monasteries of Burma in 1800, and the French and Dutch voyages the talapoins of Siam.
The prints here show Buddhist monks and temples, Confucius, Shinto rites, funerals and festivals as the first Western observers recorded them.
Other faiths
Questions
What were the talapoins?
The name European travellers of the 17th and 18th centuries gave to the Buddhist monks of Siam and Burma.