This is one of a series of ten images, generally known in English as the Ox-herding (or Bull-herding) pictures or Ten Bulls, by the 15th century Japanese Rinzai Zen monk Shubun. They are said to be copies of originals, now lost, traditionally attributed to Kakuan, a 12th century Chinese Zen Master.
天章周文:English: Looking for the Ox from Ten Bulls日本語: 「十牛図」の「尋牛」
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This image is public domain under US and Japanese law for the reasons given below, in spite of a copyright notice suggesting the contrary which appears on the Shokoku-ji website from which this copy derives.
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