Buffalo and Herdsman, Meiji period (1868?1912), ca. 1887, Japan, Album leaf; ink and color on silk, 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (36. 2 x 26. 7 cm), Paintings, Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831?1889), One of the most engaging of Zen (Ch'an) Buddhist instructional tales is the 'Ten Scenes with an Ox' (Jugyuzu), a Southern Song invention. The story of an ox-herding boy in search of his lost charge is an analogy for discipline and enlightenment as the wayward ox, standing for the self, is found, roped, and led home