Shokokuji Temple: Ten Ox Herding Pictures - In Search of the Ox
Ink and color on paper
Shokokuji Temple: Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Discovery of the Footprints
Shokokuji Temple: Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Perceiving the Ox
Shokokuji Temple: Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Catching the Ox
Shokokuji Temple: Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Taming the Ox
Shokokuji Temple: Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Riding the Ox Home
Shokokuji Temple: Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Ox Transcended
Shokokuji Temple: Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Both Ox and Self Transcended
Shokokuji Temple: Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Reaching the Source
Shokokuji Temple: Ten Ox Herding Pictures - Return to Society
十牛圖 （傳）天章周文
日本
此圖據中國宋代（960～1279）廓庵師遠撰繪《十牛圖頌》描繪，一卷，紙本水墨淡彩，傳為日本畫僧天章周文所繪。將十牛圖繪於圓相中，為日本十牛圖中現存年代最早的作品。以牧牛為主題，寓意修心證道如牧牛，牧童喻修道者，牛即心也。
圖樣採一般常見的十牛圖，描繪牧童捕牛的過程，分成十個場景。依序為：尋牛，牧童轉頭尋牛，意指開始尋找迷失的本性。見跡，地上漸見牛的足跡。見牛，聞牛鳴叫，見其背後，追上捉拿。得牛，雖然得牛，以繩牽縛，但難以馴服。牧牛，一段時間後，持牛鼻索而牧之。騎牛歸家，騎牛吹笛歸家。忘牛存人，返家後忘了牛，於門前望月合十，只意識到自己。人牛俱忘，人和牛的形象皆忘，圓相中無任何一物，喻超越了迷與悟的境界。返本還源，岩邊水流、花開，與悟前相同，一切境界如實地展現，意味著體悟諸法實相。入●（廛+阪-反）垂手，童子與悟道的老人相見，老人手提竹簍，背負布袋，意指提瓢入市井塵境，行化利他。
筆觸細緻，活潑生動，線條流暢，色調明快，以山水、坡土、岩石、樹木等為背景，反映室町時代（1392～1573）前期樸實的畫風，被視為十五世紀之作品。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 830.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Shokokuji Temple: Ten Ox Herding Pictures." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 830.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Shokokuji Temple: Ten Ox Herding Pictures" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:830.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Shokokuji Temple: Ten Ox Herding Pictures. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 830).
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