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Buddhas in the West Material Archive @buddhasinthewest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🌟 Series 5 returning Monday, Sep. 28th. 🌟 24 new objects exploring the circulation of Buddhist material culture, to be published through end of November.

Image shows frame filled with multiple engravings, photographs, postcards, stereoviews - and a box of incense - all bearing images of Buddhist material culture.

This is overwritten by "Series 5," "Returning Mon, Sep. 28," and "Buddhas in the West."

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Buddhas in the West Material Archive @buddhasinthewest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Digital archive contains over 150 micro-studies on objects created between 1666 and 1952. Visit the main project page here: buddhasinthewest.com

Text says: 150+
archived micro-studies
on Buddhist imagery
17th c. engravings
19th c. photography
Victorian trade cards
Lantern slides
Early Postcards
& more

Text says: Western knowledge of
Buddhism was not
produced through
texts alone.
It was also produced
by the reproduction,
commercialization, and
reinterpretation of
Buddhist images and
obiects.

Text Says: Buddhas in the West Material Archive

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