Is Buddha Chinese or Japanese?

The Buddha's origins are Chinese, but Buddhism has since made its way to Japan and, later, Korea.

Japanese Edo Buddha

Edo Period Carved Wood

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

Japanese Antique Stone Buddha Protector

$1,875

Japanese Antique Stone Buddha 1800-1926 / Small Jizo Bodhisattva/Edo-Meiji Era

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

Edo period to the Meiji period. Because it is small, it can be displayed anywhere, such as in the

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

Japanese Antique Stone Buddha 1800-1926 / Small Jizo Bodhisattva/Edo-Meiji Era

$550

Japanese Antique Stone Rice God Buddha Protector

Located in South Burlington, VT

Seldom Seen Buddha Of Rice Protection- an unusual find An early and seldom seen Japanese hand

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

Japanese Antique Stone Rice God Buddha Protector

$900

Japanese antique small stone Buddha / 1850-1920 / Stone Buddha statue

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

This is a small stone Buddha statue created in Japan between the end of the Edo period and the

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Figurative Sculptures

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Stone

Japanese antique small stone Buddha / 1850-1920 / Stone Buddha statue

$800

Japanese antique stone god/1800s/Japanese Buddha statue/garden ornament

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

This is a stone god made in the late 1800s of the Edo period. He is one of the Seven Lucky Gods

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Garden Ornaments

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Stone

Japanese antique stone god/1800s/Japanese Buddha statue/garden ornament

$900

Japanese Antique Stone Protector Figure Double Jizo Buddha

Located in South Burlington, VT

A very old circa early 19th century Japanese stone Jizo Bosatsu in unusual "double Jizo" Desojin

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Granite

Japanese Antique Stone Protector Figure Double Jizo Buddha

$900

Japanese old wooden small Buddha statue/Withered Buddha statue/Wabi-Sabi statue

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

I was able to obtain a valuable Buddha statue. This is a Buddhist statue made around the Edo period

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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Japanese old wooden small Buddha statue/Withered Buddha statue/Wabi-Sabi statue

$700

Japanese Antique Stone Double Protector Figure Jizo Buddha

Located in South Burlington, VT

An old circa early 19th century Japanese stone Jizo Bosatsu in unusual "double Jizo" Desojin form

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

Japanese Antique Stone Double Protector Figure Jizo Buddha

$875

Japanese antique stone Buddha / Kannon Bodhisattva / Made in 1732

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

Buddha made in 1732 during the Edo period. The year (Kyoho) is engraved on the left side. This is a

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Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Granite

Japanese antique stone Buddha / Kannon Bodhisattva / Made in 1732

$1,400

19th Century Japanese Gilt Travelling Shrine with Two Buddhas

Located in Chicago, IL

This very fine, unique gilt 19th century Japanese Buddhist shrine was likely acquired by a Buddhist

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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Lacquer

19th Century Japanese Gilt Travelling Shrine with Two Buddhas

$980

Japanese small antique travel gods or dosojin/stone Buddha/1600-1800/Edo period

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

the mid to late Edo period (around the 18th to 19th century), and is one of the objects of worship

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Antique 17th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Granite

Japanese small antique travel gods or dosojin/stone Buddha/1600-1800/Edo period

$640

Japanese Rare Serene Stone Buddha Kanon Guan Yin, 18thc

Located in South Burlington, VT

Japanese 18th century stone seated Buddha or kanon known as "Nyoi-rin-kanon" grants your wishes and removes

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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

Japanese Rare Serene Stone Buddha Kanon Guan Yin, 18thc

$3,850

Important Ancient Japanese Stone Protector Figure Double Jizo Buddha

Located in South Burlington, VT

A very old circa 18th century Japanese stone Jizo Bosatsu in unusual double Jizo Desojin form

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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities

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Granite

Important Ancient Japanese Stone Protector Figure Double Jizo Buddha

$1,250

Japanese Four Antique Buddha Woodblock Prints, 1796, Immediately Frameable #1

Located in South Burlington, VT

Japanese four antique Buddha woodblock prints from an original 1796 book, immediately frameable #1

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Religious Items

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Paper

Japanese Four Antique Buddha Woodblock Prints, 1796, Immediately Frameable #1

$149

Japanese Gilt Traveling Shrine of Standing Buddha, circa 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

of the historical Buddha, known in Japanese Buddhism as Shaka or Shakyamuni. The Buddha is

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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Gilt Traveling Shrine of Standing Buddha, circa 1850

$2,880

Japanese Small Antique Wood Carving Buddha / 1600-1750 / Bodhisattva

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

It is a wooden Buddha statue made in Japan from the 1600s to the 1750s. It is from the Edo period

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Abstract Sculptures

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Cypress

Japanese Small Antique Wood Carving Buddha / 1600-1750 / Bodhisattva

$600

Made in 1599 Beautiful Wooden Buddha Statue / Bodhisattva / Edo Period

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

imitate. It is a wood carving Buddha of 1599 in the Edo period in Japan. I think it's Nikko

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Antique 16th Century Japanese Other Abstract Sculptures

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Other

Made in 1599 Beautiful Wooden Buddha Statue / Bodhisattva / Edo Period

$1,800

1750-1850 Japanese old stone Buddha / simple bodhisattva / garden figurine

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

can imitate. It is a stone Buddha of the old Edo period in Japan. This Buddha is called "nyoi-rin

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Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Other

1750-1850 Japanese old stone Buddha / simple bodhisattva / garden figurine

$1,500

Japanese Antique Wood Carving God 1700s-1800s / Figurine Buddha Object Wabi Sabi

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

This is a very old Japanese wood carved deity. I am not sure of the details, but I assume it is a

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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Cedar

Japanese Antique Wood Carving God 1700s-1800s / Figurine Buddha Object Wabi Sabi

$1,000

Japanese antique stone Buddha made in 1704 /Kannon Bodhisattva/Garden ornament

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

This is a stone Buddha made in 1704, in the middle of the Edo period in Japan. The year (1st year

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Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Granite

Japanese antique stone Buddha made in 1704 /Kannon Bodhisattva/Garden ornament

$1,100

Japanese antique stone Buddha “Nyoirin Kannon”/1750-1850/garden ornament

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

This Buddha is called "nyoi-rin-kannon" in Japanese. It is a Buddha statue that grants wishes as

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Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Statues

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Stone

Japanese antique stone Buddha “Nyoirin Kannon”/1750-1850/garden ornament

$1,200

Japanese antique small stone Buddha "Jizo Bodhisattva"/1750-1850/Rare design

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

This is a small stone Buddha made after the middle of the Edo period in Japan. It is a type of

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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

Japanese antique small stone Buddha "Jizo Bodhisattva"/1750-1850/Rare design

$900

Antique Spiritual Buddha Jizo Garden Ornament with inscription Old Japan 19thc

Located in South Burlington, VT

An uncommonly tall and large old Japanese Buddhist stone Jizo Bosatsu stands tall clutching his

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Limestone

Antique Spiritual Buddha Jizo Garden Ornament with inscription Old Japan 19thc

$775

Finely Carved Small Antique Japanese Buddha Figure Lacquered Gilded Sculpture

Located in Forney, TX

A fine small Edo Period (1603-1868) Japanese hand carved and painted lacquered gilt wood meditating

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Giltwood

Finely Carved Small Antique Japanese Buddha Figure Lacquered Gilded Sculpture

$695

Japanese Antique Black Buddha House Zushi 1800s-1860s /Object Mingei Wab-Isabi

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

It is a very old Japanese Buddhist house. In Japanese it is called "zushi". It means "the house

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities

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Cedar

Japanese Antique Black Buddha House Zushi 1800s-1860s /Object Mingei Wab-Isabi

$1,000

Japanese Rare Big Signed Antique Bronze Temple Bell Emits Voice Of Buddha, 25"

Located in South Burlington, VT

sound brings to the Japanese people - the voice of Buddha- is even more impressive because of its

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Japanese Rare Big Signed Antique Bronze Temple Bell Emits Voice Of Buddha, 25"

$2,600

Japanese Fine Hand carved antique BUDDHA Jizo Protector Travelers Women Childre

Located in South Burlington, VT

An old, rather wonderful, and peaceful Japanese stone Jizo Bosatsu stands tall holding a long

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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Statues

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Stone

Japanese Fine Hand carved antique BUDDHA Jizo Protector Travelers Women Childre

$950

Japanese antique stone Buddha / 1800-1912 / [11-faced Kannon Bodhisattva]

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

This is probably a Japanese stone Buddha, and is thought to have been made from the late Edo period

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Antique 19th Century Asian Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

Japanese antique stone Buddha / 1800-1912 / [11-faced Kannon Bodhisattva]

$1,200

Fine Japanese 19th century Gem Mounted Carved Lacquered Gilt Wood Buddha Figure

Located in Forney, TX

A remarkable very fine quality late Edo Period (1603-1868) Japanese hand carved and painted

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Antique 19th Century Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Multi-gemstone

Fine Japanese 19th century Gem Mounted Carved Lacquered Gilt Wood Buddha Figure

$2,495

Japanese Edo Period Buddha.

Located in Vancouver, BC

Japanese Buddha. Laquered wood Edo Period

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Furniture

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Wood

Japanese Edo Period Buddha.

$2,500

Japanese Edo Period Lacquered Pine Seated Amida Buddha

Located in Denver, CO

A tranquil Buddha figure seated cross-legged with the hands arranged in a meditation mudra with the

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Sculptures

Japanese Edo Period Lacquered Pine Seated Amida Buddha

$6,000

Large Japanese Edo Period Hand Carved Gilt Cedar Buddha

Located in Denver, CO

A serene Buddha figure seated cross-legged in a lotus posture with the hands in the meditation

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Sculptures

Large Japanese Edo Period Hand Carved Gilt Cedar Buddha

$12,000

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Japanese Edo Buddha For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal Japanese edo buddha for your home. Each Japanese edo buddha for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, stone and cypress. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer Japanese edo buddha, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each Japanese edo buddha bearing hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one Japanese edo buddha that is appealing in its simplicity, but Utagawa Hiroshige II produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Japanese Edo Buddha?

Prices for a Japanese edo buddha can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $149 and can go as high as $28,012, while the average can fetch as much as $1,375.

A Close Look at Edo Furniture

Edo furniture was created during a flourishing time for the decorative arts owing to the stability of the Tokugawa shogunate rule in Japan. Spanning from 1603 to 1867, this era of peace and economic growth supported artistic advancements in lacquer, woodblock printing, porcelain and other artisanal trades. Because the country was largely isolated, there was little outside influence, leading to centuries of exceptional attention to the design of its furnishings and the quality of its traditional arts.

Unlike during the Meiji period that followed, with an increase in domestic and international markets, furniture during the Edo period was predominately commissioned by the ruling class, although people from across social groups benefited from the burgeoning metropolitan hubs for artisanal trades. For instance, Kyoto became a major center for lacquer art. Most furniture pieces were made from wood such as cedar or ash, including the era’s sashimono cabinets, which involved fine joinery and were rooted in the Heian period.

Sashimono cabinets, which were built by master craftsmen in a range of different wood types owing to the various trees that populate Japan, occasionally featured a stack of slender drawers as well as sliding doors. They were popular with everyone from samurai to kabuki actors. Tansu storage chests crafted from wood with metal fittings were also common in Edo-period homes. Some were designed to be easily portable while others were made to double as staircases.

Painted folding screens, called byōbu, were also fashionable, with Japanese artists inspired by nature, literature and scenes of history and daily life to create vivid works. In Buddhist temples and the palatial homes of the aristocratic class, fusuma, or large sliding panels, would sometimes be adorned with gold or silver leaf. These dividers allowed interiors to change throughout the day, closing in small spaces for personal use or reflecting candlelight to illuminate communal spaces after dark.

Find a collection of Edo tables, lighting, decorative objects, wall decorations and more furniture on 1stDibs.

Questions About Japanese Edo Buddha

Is Buddha Chinese or Japanese?
2 Answers
1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
The Buddha's origins are Chinese, but Buddhism has since made its way to Japan and, later, Korea.
Lotus GalleryMarch 17, 2021
Gautama Buddha was an Indian prince born in modern day Nepal. The first images of the Buddha were created almost simultaneously in Mathura, India, and the Greco-Buddhist kingdom of Gandhara (modern day Pakistan and Afghanistan). From there, images fo the Buddha spread out along trade routes into East and Southeast Asia.