Taizong's hell

Third court -
King Song Di

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I Series (I1-I10)

Most sets of hell scrolls are sadly undated, but this particular set of ten was made around 1919, judging from a dedication date given on the seventh scroll. The eighth hell is clearly of the same template as S4, and of the sixth paths of reincarnation in the tenth hell, three of them are as humans rather than just two. (Image: 63 X 135 cm.)

Woman surrounded by infants

Hell scrolls sometimes depict a woman surrounded by infants, and one such scroll in the Donnelly collection (p. 37) includes the following cartouche: "(Punished for) having drowned children, taken poison during pregnancy in order to abort, and having sold oneself into prostitution. Here that person will be confronted by such children." See also C2 and K6.