A meditation on ten oxherding pictures

Advertising for L. Clifton's Ten oxherding pictures "inspired by a series of allegorical pictures attributed to the 12th century Chinese Zen master Kaku-an shi-en"; with background information on the advertised edition, short biography of author, and history of book's creation. Advertising for L. Clifton's Ten oxherding pictures "inspired by a series of allegorical pictures attributed to the 12th century Chinese Zen master Kaku-an shi-en"; with background information on the advertised edition, short biography of author, and history of book's creation. Poetry and prose. Caption title. Printed in black on ivory paper. Folded vertically into thirds displaying brush-stroke drawing of Chinese abstraction on outside fold. "Ten oxherding pictures was designed and printed by Felicia Rice and her typography class." Colophon at end of text: Moving Parts Press, 220 Baldwin Street, Santa Cruz, California, 95060. Dated from book's publication date.