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| Keywords: Hungry Ghosts Scroll Kyoto 1.jpg 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 First 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 explains how those who have been born as hungry ghosts are saved by the offerings of the living It relates the story of one of the thirty-six types of hungry ghosts who constantly seek water to drink and depicts the suffering of these creatures 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 tif PD-old-100 Hungry Ghosts Scroll Kyoto National Museum | ||||
