Ten Oxherding Pictures

Japanese: 十牛図 - じゅうぎゅうのず
Ten Oxherding Pictures
〘Noun〙 A drawing of the "Ten Oxen" which is an analogy for the process of Buddhist training. It is generally believed to have been selected by Kakuan Shien of the Song Dynasty. → The Ten Oxen. ※Kuka Nichiyo Koujutsu Ryakushu - March 20, 1382 (Eitoku 2) "Kennin Bonkin Shoki presents two boxes of imperial edicts from Emperor Fushimi and one volume of the Ten Oxen drawings."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 仏道修行の過程をたとえた「十牛」を描いた図。宋の廓庵師遠撰によるものが一般的。→十牛。※空華日用工夫略集‐永徳二年(1382)三月二〇日「建仁梵珣書記捧伏見上皇勅書一函并十牛図一巻者来」

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