Hell Scroll (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.

For the Hell Scroll held at the Nara National Museum, see Hell Scroll (Nara National Museum).
Jigoku-Zoshi (Tokyo National Museum)

See also

References

"Hell Scroll". Emuseum. National Institutes for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2010-11-08.

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