Clouds Wuxin Xingjue 無心性覚 (Jp. Mushin Shōkaku, 1613- 1671) Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) Temple signboard, lacquer and gold on wood 27.8 cm x 54.5 cm, 40 cm x 66.5 cm (outer frame) Collection of Harald Conrad 雲邊木馬飛如電 海底泥牛吼似雷 A wooden horse flashes through the clouds, A clay ox thunders beneath the waves. —trans. by Bill Porter in The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse, Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press 2014, pp. 55