[Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools Matcha tea bowl] Black glaze Riding the ox home by Tsutsuji Azan (from the Ten Oxen)

● Riding the Bull Home (Kigyūkike) is the sixth picture of the Ten Bulls
The Ten Oxherding Pictures are ten paintings that depict 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

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Size: Approx. diameter 10.8 x height 8cm
Author: Tsuji Azan
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Born in 1938, lives in Imakumano, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City
Graduated from the Faculty of Letters, Osaka City University.
Grandfather: Master Kutani ware craftsman "Ungai"
Teacher Father Kyoto artist/Nitten artist Kansai Totsuji
Studied Japanese painting under Michio Ikeda
He was taught pottery by his father, Kansai, and used his Japanese painting techniques to create delicate, painting-style Kyoto-style tea ware.
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Box: Wooden box