Ten Oxherding Songs, 烏丸光広筆 十牛図歌賛図巻, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1634, Japan, Handscroll; ink on dyed paper with stenciled decoration in gold and silver, 11 3/4 x 107 in. (29.9 x 271.8 cm), Paintings, Karasumaru Mitsuhiro (Japanese, 1579–1638), Ten waka (poems of thirty-one syllables) describing the various stages of spiritual awareness, from the initial search to final realization, are couched in the classic Zen parable Ten Ox-Herding Songs, which likens this vigorous human quest to the often comic vicissitudes of a herdboy in pursuit of an elusive ox
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Ten, Oxherding Songs, 烏丸光広筆 十牛図歌賛図巻, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1634, Japan, Handscroll, ink, dyed paper, stenciled decoration, gold, silver, 11 3/4 x 107, 29.9 271.8 cm, Paintings, Karasumaru Mitsuhiro, Japanese, 1579–1638, Ten waka, poems, thirty, syllables, describing, various stages, spiritual awareness, initial search, final realization, couched, classic Zen, parable, Ten, Ox-Herding, Songs, likens, vigorous human, quest, comic vicissitudes, herdboy, pursuit, elusive ox
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