JOURNAL ARCHIVES

OCTOBER 2007

The mythology of butterflies and moths

Trees in art and myth

Aung San Suu Kyi: Fighting the power of fear

The journey

Turn, turn, turn

Leaning into my life

Seeking the Ox

Ten oxherding pictures (Shubun)

Moon deities

The gift of a brick wall

Al Gore: Beyond politics

The capture of Pegasus

Pegasus and the slaying of the chimera

Pegasus and the rescue of Andromeda

OCTOBER 13, 2007

TEN OXHERDING PICTURES (SHUBUN)

Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end. J. R. R. Tolkein

Picture One: Seeking the ox. Ten Oxherding Pictures. Attributed to Shubun (n.d.)
Japan, Muromachi period. Handscroll, ink and light colors on paper.

 

Picture Two: Noticing the footprints. Ten Oxherding Pictures. Attributed to Shubun (n.d.)
Japan, Muromachi period. Handscroll, ink and light colors on paper.

 

Picture Three: Perceiving the ox. Ten Oxherding Pictures. Attributed to Shubun (n.d.)
Japan, Muromachi period. Handscroll, ink and light colors on paper.

 

Picture Four: Catching the ox. Ten Oxherding Pictures. Attributed to Shubun (n.d.)
Japan, Muromachi period. Handscroll, ink and light colors on paper.

 

Picture Five: Taming the ox. Ten Oxherding Pictures. Attributed to Shubun (n.d.)
Japan, Muromachi period. Handscroll, ink and light colors on paper.

 

Picture Six: Riding the ox home. Ten Oxherding Pictures. Attributed to Shubun (n.d.)
Japan, Muromachi period. Handscroll, ink and light colors on paper.

 

Picture Seven: The ox transcended. Ten Oxherding Pictures. Attributed to Shubun (n.d.)
Japan, Muromachi period. Handscroll, ink and light colors on paper.

 

Picture Eight: Both ox and self transcended. Ten Oxherding Pictures. Attributed to Shubun (n.d.)
Japan, Muromachi period. Handscroll, ink and light colors on paper.

 

Picture Nine: Reaching the source. Ten Oxherding Pictures. Attributed to Shubun (n.d.)
Japan, Muromachi period. Handscroll, ink and light colors on paper.

 

Picture Ten: In the world. Ten Oxherding Pictures. Attributed to Shubun (n.d.)
Japan, Muromachi period. Handscroll, ink and light colors on paper.

 

 

 

 

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