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Jikihara Gyokusei
Ten Ox-Herding Pictures1963

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Japanese album opened to two pages: ink brush painting of a laughing rotund figure carrying a staff, paired with a panel of bold black calligraphy and red seals
Ink painting album with two leaves: left panel shows a standing figure in loose robes looking up toward a gnarled tree over rocky ground, rendered in loose ink wash; right panel features bold Chinese calligraphy in four columns with two red seal impressions below.
Album leaf diptych; left panel shows ink wash painting of a gnarled tree with drooping branches above dense grasses, using fluid brushwork in varying ink tones; right panel contains Chinese calligraphy in cursive script with two red seal impressions.
Pair of ink on paper panels: left panel shows an enso, a single brushstroke circle in black ink with a red seal below; right panel bears three lines of Japanese calligraphy in cursive script with two red seals.
Album leaf, ink on paper, two-page spread. Left: a monkey perched on a fence amid large-leafed plants, a small figure visible beneath a thatched shelter in the misty background, rendered in loose ink wash. Right: four lines of cursive Chinese calligraphy with two red seal impressions.
Album leaf diptych; left: ink wash painting of a figure riding a water buffalo through a marshy landscape, playing a flute, with reeds and mist in the background; right: bold cursive Chinese calligraphy in four columns with two red seal impressions.
Ink painting album leaf, left panel: a small figure leads a water buffalo by a rope across a misty landscape with mountains in the background, rendered in loose brushwork with varying ink washes. Right panel: large Chinese calligraphy in cursive script with two red seal impressions.
Ink painting diptych; left panel shows a water buffalo in dynamic forward-lunging pose rendered in loose, wet brushwork with gray washes, a small figure at lower left holding a rope; right panel displays a column of Chinese calligraphy in bold cursive script with two red seal impressions.
Ink painting album leaf, two panels: left panel shows a water buffalo beneath a leaning tree with loose, expressive brushwork and red seal; right panel features bold Chinese calligraphy in cursive script with two red seals.
Two-panel ink painting and calligraphy album leaf. Left: ink wash painting of a solitary robed figure walking along a path beneath windswept trees, with loose brushwork and a red seal. Right: bold cursive Chinese calligraphy in four columns with two red seals.
Artist or Maker
Jikihara Gyokusei
Japan, 1904-2005
Artist or Maker
Shibayama Zenkei
Japan, 1894-1974
Title
Ten Ox-Herding Pictures
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1963
Medium
Album; ink on paper and silk
Dimensions
Overall (closed): 14 9/16 × 16 3/16 × 1 5/8 in. (36.99 × 41.12 × 4.13 cm) Overall (open): 14 9/16 × 32 5/16 in. (36.99 × 82.07 cm) Image (single page/image side): 11 7/8 × 14 5/16 in. (30.16 × 36.35 cm) Sheet (single page/poem side): 12 1/16 × 14 7/16 in. (30.64 × 36.67 cm) Mount (single page/mount): 14 9/16 × 18 1/8 in. (36.99 × 46.04 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 2014 Japanese Art Acquisitions Group
Accession Number
M.2014.152
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.