Shamon_jigoku_zôshi.jpg


Summary

English: Monk-in-Hell Scroll

Français : Rouleau des Enfers des moines errants 日本語: 沙門地獄草紙 (しゃもんじごくぞうし)

Artist
Unknown artist Unknown artist
Title
English: Monk-in-Hell Scroll
Français : Rouleau des Enfers des moines errants
日本語: 沙門地獄草紙 (しゃもんじごくぞうし)
Date 12 th century
date QS:P571,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium
English: Color on paper
Dimensions height: 26.3 cm (10.3 in); width: 104.4 cm (41.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,26.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,104.4U174728
Nara National Museum
Current location
English: Nara, Japan
Accession number
1357
Notes
English: Hanging scroll depicting the buddhist hell of boiling excrement. Part of the former scroll Jigoku-zôshi owned by the Masuda family.
Français : Emaki (rouleau peint) représentant les enfers de la mer d'excréments dans la pensée bouddhique. Ce rouleau faisait partie du second rouleau des enfers de la famille Masuda, avant que ce dernier ne soit découpé après la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Source/Photographer Emuseum , National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (Japan)

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