政黄牛・郁山主図, Zheng Huangniu and Yushanzhu, Kano Naizen, early 17th century

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政黄牛・郁山主図, Zheng Huangniu and Yushanzhu, Momoyama period (1573–1615), early 17th century, Japan, Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on paper, Image (a): 44 in. × 18 11/16 in. ( × cm), Paintings, Kano Naizen (Japanese, 1570–1616), Inscribed by Takuan Sōhō (1573–1645), Zheng Huangniu, at right, and Yushanzhu, at left, were two legendary Chinese Chan (Japanese: Zen) monks often paired in Japanese painting beginning in the early Muromachi period. Zheng Huangniu (Japanese: Seiōgyū), whose name means “Zheng of the Yellow Ox,” is known for riding a yellow ox to which he attached various objects, such as water jars and books

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