Buffalo and Herdsman, Meiji period (1868–1912), ca. 1887, Japan, Album leaf; ink and color on silk, 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( x

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Buffalo and Herdsman, Meiji period (1868–1912), ca. 1887, Japan, Album leaf; ink and color on silk, 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831–1889), One of the most engaging of Zen (Ch'an) Buddhist instructional tales is the 'Ten Scenes with an Ox' (Jugyuzu), a Southern Song invention. The story of an ox-herding boy in search of his lost charge is an analogy for discipline and enlightenment as the wayward ox, standing for the self, is found, roped, and led home

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