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| Keywords: Extermination of Evil Vaisravana.jpg Assessments 1 Vaisravana Artist Bishamonten Vaisravana 毘沙 天 びしゃもんてん Zhonggui century 12 Color on paper cm 25 8 76 5 Nara National Museum Nara Japan Part of the set of five hanging scrolls Extermination of Evil depicting benevolent deities who expel demons of plague This scroll was originally part of a handscroll known as the second edition of the Masuda family Hell Scroll before being cut into sections after World War II The text on the scroll explains the acts of the god in exterminating evil Bishamonten Vaisravana the deity protecting devotees of the Lotus Sutra is depicted firing arrows at demons Bishamonten carrying a bow is typical for paintings from the Tang and Song Dynasties The set of five scrolls has been designated as National Treasure of Japan in the category paintings http //www emuseum jp/cgi/pkihon cgi SyoID 1 ID w003 SubID s000 Tokyo National Museum Emuseum 1106 painting 205 Other versions PD-old-100 derivative works Extermination of Evil collage jpg Extermination of Evil Bishamonten | ||||
