Hell Scroll (Tokyo National Museum)
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Jigoku-Zoshi (Tokyo National Museum)
The Jigoku-zoshi ("Handscrolls of Buddhist Hell") is a late 12th-century Japanese scroll (emakimono, 絵巻物), depicting the 8 great hells and the 16 lesser hells in text and painting.
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"Hell Scroll". Emuseum. National Institutes for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
Categories:
- Buddhism stubs
- Japanese art stubs
- Japanese paintings
- 12th-century manuscripts
- Mahayana texts
- Naraka
- Paintings in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum