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English: Hungry Ghosts Scroll
日本語: 餓鬼草紙 (がきぞうし)
Français : Rouleau des Etres Affamés
한국어: 아귀도
Artist
Unknown artistUnknown artist
Title
English: Hungry Ghosts Scroll
日本語:餓鬼草紙 (がきぞうし)
Français : Rouleau des Etres Affamés
한국어: 아귀도
Date
late 12th century
Medium
English: Color on paper
Dimensions
26.8 × 538.4 cm (10.5 × 211.9 in) (whole scroll)
Collection
Kyoto National Museum
Current location
English: Kyoto, Japan
Accession number
AK 229
Notes
English: Fifth section of the Hungry Ghosts Scroll located at the Kyoto National Museum. The scroll depicts the world of the hungry ghosts, one of the six realms of Buddhism and contains tales of salvation of the hungry ghosts. This particular section
shows hungry ghosts suffering from not being able to drink water. Because of the compassion of the Buddha they are able to cast off their ghoulish bodies and to be born into the land of the Buddha. The picture employs a narrative technique in which the same figures appears at different times within the scene. The whole scroll has been designated as National Treasure of Japan in the category paintings. It was possibly part of a set of scrolls depicting the six realms which was kept at Sanjūsangen-dō.
Source/Photographer
Tokyo National Museum, Emuseum
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