Hell Scroll

Hell Scroll

Hell Scroll (地獄草紙, jigokuzōji) is a scroll depicting seven out of the sixteen lesser hells presented in Kisekyō ("Sutra of the World Arising"). Six of the paintings are accompanied by text, which all begin with the phrase "There is yet another hell", following a description of what the sinners depicted did to end up in this particular hell. The seven hells depicted are the Hell of Excrement, Hell of Measures, Hell of the Iron Mortar, Hell of the Flaming Cock, Hell of the Black Sand Cloud, Hell of Pus and Blood and Hell of Foxes and Wolves.

It is considered likely that the scroll corresponds to the Paintings of the Six Paths commissioned by Emperor Goshirakawa in the 12th century.

This handscroll was preserved in Daishô-in Temple in Tokyo until the Meiji period when it came into the hands of the Hara family of Kanagawa, later ending up in the possession of the Japanese government. It is currently on display at Tokyo National Museum.

External links

* [http://www.emuseum.jp/cgi/pkihon.cgi?SyoID=1&ID=w002&SubID=s000 Tokyo National Museum's page on the scrolls, with pictures and descriptions of the individual paintings]


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