...Figure 11. Jigoku gokurakuzu byōbu 地獄極楽図屏風 ( Hell and Pure Land Screens ), Japan, fourteenth century. Set of two folding screens, ink and color on silk, each 101 × 84 cm. Konkaikōmyōji, Kyoto. ...

... is sometimes applied to hot spring pools the bodhisattva Nyoirin Kannon offered salvation to tinted red or orange as a result of geothermic activity, those suffering in the Pond-of-Blood Hell if the proper because such steaming red pools recall the Chi no ike ji- appeals were made. Nyoirin Kannon is depicted...

... in hell where souls of the deceased were to be interrogated by ten kings.34 Although the terminological distinction is often ignored for convenience—the kings (wang 王) were...

... whole. Juxtaposition and the Viewer’s Work in the Rokudō-e and Afflictions Scrolls Even if we estab­ ­lish that En’i was famil­ ­iar with Chinese­ ink land­scape paint­ing, his knowledge­ was not exhaus­­ Fig. 20.  Detail of The Hell...

... in hell and by his zeal in rescuing them. This conception of his qualities inspired the belief in "Ksitigarbha, Guide of Souls," who leads deceased believers to the Western Paradise of Amitabha." Hong observed that during the Chos6n dynasty (1392-191o) this belief developed into worship...

..., Possibilities for Being Together . 44. LaCapra, Writing History , 23 . 45. Solnit, Paradise Built in Hell , 103 . 46. Ibid., 127. 47. LaCapra, Writing History , xxxiv . 48. Brown, States of Injury , 52–76 . 49. Klein, Shock Doctrine . 50. Quoted...

... of ˙ 8 of Hells or amrta as the ‘‘water of life’’ are misleading. Prajn˜ a¯pa¯ramita¯. In the past, and in the exhibition and Referring to them˙ as ‘‘Earth-Store Bodhisattva’’ and Catalogue under review, the sculpture has been mistaken ‘‘nectar of immortality’’ respectively, would be prefera...

... in temples throughout of the Tattoo in Japan’’ published in Marks of Civili- Japan. The Zenko¯ ji cult, which promised believers vari- zation: Artistic Transformations of the Human Body ous rewards, including release from the terrors of hell (1988) was one of the first studies of its kind and helped...

...: When one just sees this cloth painting one can see directly the immeasurable palace at mount Potala with the noble lord Avalokiteśvara. Sentient beings can be freed from the eight great hell realms, and from the eight fears, and from the five inexpiable sins. Even all those who abandon the holy dharma...

...), Hell Courtesan, Meiji era, ca. 1870s–80s. Hanging scroll, ink, color, gold, and silver on silk, image 149 Â 70.1 cm, overall...

... Huanghou; the Niche 13 is dated to 1095 and was offered by Yang same deities appear in Niche 11 along with a large Wenxin’s father, a lay disciple from a nearby town entourage and a hell scene (see Fig. 8). Niche 3 features (Appendix, no. 1). It includes a laundry list of pious a conventional grouping...

... describes of the album. Finally, through a comparison of Wu tortures of various hells and the causes for falling into Bin’s work with Fu Kun’s 傅崑 (active 17th c.) mono- different hells. He also warns anyone who practices chrome handscroll Hua ershiwu yuantongxiang juan 畫 sitting meditation...

... and her reasons palaces of the devas, and other cosmological signs as well for creating them. as elaborations of the six gatas (the torments of beings in According to the inscription, Zhang Yuanfei commis- hell are depicted with particular relish).58 The scriptural...

... descent into Hell. Even more successful at the court was Fontebona, who painted the king's portrait and even became his intimate friend. One of his paintings—of the Madonna with Child, with John the Baptist at her side and Saint Joseph in the rear—was hung facing the throne. Unfortunately, nothing...

...-armed Man˜ jus´rı¯ to Dun- and those who have committed various sins causing huang. How, then, was this expressed visually? In order them to be consigned to hell with no recourse.33 to answer this question, we turn next to a closer look As will be further discussed, the emphasis in images...

... exemplified in the juxtaposition of tableaux of the Western Pure Land (niche 18) and the Earth Prisons of Hell (niche 20) with inscribed verses concerning the origination of all phenomena in the mind (niche 19). 3 These standard Buddhist notions are, in turn, complemented by multiple depictions and texts...

... as their own God. As it has been revealed in the Glorious Koran: ‘Verily you (unbelievers), and the idols that ye worship besides God, are (but) fuel for Hell.’” Ibid., 25 . 71. A concise introduction to this Razmnāma manuscript can be found in Rice, “Persian Mahabharata.” On the relationship...