Antique Japanese Wood Netsuke
Signed TOMOTADA
Ox-Herd Boy Ox Herding Zen
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Type: Netsuke
Material: Boxwood
Age: Edo Period (1603-1868)
Origin/Maker: Marked Tomotada, though probably not by the Tomotada famous for his oxen. Japan. Maker's mark on base
Size: 1.6" tall (4.1 cm)
Weight: 0.4 oz (11 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Collected: Seller from Seattle WA 15 NOV 2015
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. No cracks or chips.
Subject: Based on Stage 6 of the Ten Bulls, or Ten Ox Herding Pictures, a series of short poems and accompanying drawings used in the Zen tradition to describe the stages of a practitioner's progress toward enlightenment, and their return to society to enact wisdom and compassion. The poem for this stage is:
Riding the Bull Home
Mounting the Ox, slowly
I return homeward.
The voice of my flute intones
through the evening.
Measuring with hand-beats
the pulsating harmony,
I direct the endless rhythm.
Whoever hears this melody
will join me
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Bulls
Location:
Antique Japanese Wood Netsuke Signed TOMOTADA Ox-Herd Boy Ox Herding Zen
See also:
Type: Netsuke
Material: Boxwood
Age: Edo Period (1603-1868)
Origin/Maker: Marked Tomotada, though probably not by the Tomotada famous for his oxen. Japan. Maker's mark on base
Size: 1.6" tall (4.1 cm)
Weight: 0.4 oz (11 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Collected: Seller from Seattle WA 15 NOV 2015
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. No cracks or chips.
Subject: Based on Stage 6 of the Ten Bulls, or Ten Ox Herding Pictures, a series of short poems and accompanying drawings used in the Zen tradition to describe the stages of a practitioner's progress toward enlightenment, and their return to society to enact wisdom and compassion. The poem for this stage is:
Riding the Bull Home
Mounting the Ox, slowly
I return homeward.
The voice of my flute intones
through the evening.
Measuring with hand-beats
the pulsating harmony,
I direct the endless rhythm.
Whoever hears this melody
will join me
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Bulls
Location:
Antique Japanese Wood Netsuke Signed TOMOTADA Ox-Herd Boy Ox Herding Zen
