Keywords: Hungry Ghosts Scroll Kyoto 6.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 Sixth 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 Ananda a disciple of Shakyamuni teaching an incantation to achieve salvation to a hungry ghost who continuously belches flames from his mouth 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 |