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| Keywords: Hungry Ghosts Scroll Kyoto 2.tif Artist Hungry Ghosts Scroll 餓鬼草紙 がきぞうし Rouleau des Etres Affamés 아 도 late 12th century Color on paper cm 26 8 538 4 whole scroll Kyoto National Museum Kyoto Japan Second section of the Hungry Ghosts Scroll located at the Kyoto National Museum This 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 explains how those who have been born as hungry ghosts are saved by the offerings of the living The central scene of this section shows people pouring water on a funerary marker for the ullambana festival for the dead 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 http //www emuseum jp/cgi/pkihon cgi SyoID 1 ID w017 SubID s000 Tokyo National Museum Emuseum AK 229 Other versions thumb jpg PD-old-100 Hungry Ghosts Scroll Kyoto National Museum | ||||