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Hell Scroll  wikidata:Q3007760 reasonator:Q3007760
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Title
English: Hell Scroll
日本語: 地獄草紙 (じごくぞうし)
Français : Rouleau des Enfers
한국어: 지옥도
Object type emakimono Edit this at Wikidata
Date 12th century
date QS:P571,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium
English: Color on paper
Dimensions height: 26.5 cm (10.4 in); width: 454.7 cm (14.9 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,26.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,454.7U174728
Nara National Museum
Current location
English: Nara, Japan
Accession number
644 (painting 136)
Notes
English: Hell Scroll, a Heian period handscroll and "Illustrated Scroll of the Six Paths of Rebirth", depicting seven of the sixteen lesser hells from the Sutra of the World Arising (起世経, kisekyō). The hells are arranged in the order (2-10-9-11-1-6-15). Except for the last section all paintings are accompanied by a text starting with the phrase: "There is yet another hell,..." followed by a description of the cause of the sinner's fall into this particular hell. This picture shows the whole scroll. Pictures of sections can be found in. The scroll has been designated as National Treasure of Japan in the category paintings.
Source/Photographer Tokyo National Museum, Emuseum
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