[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools Matcha tea bowls] Set of 10 tea bowls, Karatsu ware, hanging bowl, Ten Oxen design, made by Nishio Koshu (set of 10, set of 10, set of 10)

The Ten Oxherding Pictures are ten pictures depicting in stages the actions of a herder searching for his runaway cows.
It is the story of a young man who loses himself in mundane life and sets out on a journey to find his true self.
The "cow" is a symbol of "one's true self," and the shepherd searching for the cow is a metaphor for "oneself searching for one's true self."
The painting depicts the journey of searching for "who I am," and represents the path to Zen enlightenment.

Figure 1: Searching for cows (jingyū)
Figure 2: Finding cow footprints (kenseki)
Figure 3: Finding cows (kengyu)
Figure 4: Catching a cow (Tokugyu)
Figure 5: "Cow farming" - taming cows
Picture 6: Riding a cow back home (Kigyūkike)
Figure 7: Living as you are, "Bogyū Zonjin"
Figure 8: The blank "Jingyugubo"
Figure 9: Returning to the origin
Figure 10: "Human Tensuishu" living in the human world

Quantity: 10 sets Size: Approx. diameter 12.2 x height 7.5 cm
Author: Nishio Koshu
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[(real name Shigeru)], a member of the Sanki Koshu family. Born in Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture in 1950. The third son of Nishio Hikoshiro (real name Miyoji). Graduated from Shigaraki High School in 1969. Studied under Tezuka Akira in Kyoto in 1969. Made tea ware in Shigaraki as part of the family business in 1973. Became independent in Shigaraki in 1983.
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Box: Paper box