Je Tsonghkapa
- Inventory number:
- Ж-1357
- Author:
- Unknown
- Creation Date:
- early 19th century
- Place of Creation:
- Buryatia
- Provenance:
- Received from a private individual
- Technique:
- painting
- Size:
- 30.5 x 22.8 cm
- Material:
- canvas, mineral paint
- Type of object:
- Thangka
- Subject:
- Buddhism
Je Tsongkhapa Losang Drakpa (1357–1419) is a reformer of Tibetan Buddhism and the founder of the Gelug school. He is regarded as the incarnation of the bodhisattva Manjushri. The thangka presents the image of Je Tsongkhapa known as “Yab-re” or “Father with Sons”. In monastic robes, Je Tsongkhapa sits cross-legged in the vajra posture, with his hands on his chest in the gesture of teaching.
