Taizong's hell

Eighth court -
King Ping Deng

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J Series (J1-J10)

The order of these ten hells is uncertain because, oddly enough, none of the hells are labeled. It is possible that the numerical labels were on a separate piece of paper positioned above the picture but not included when the scrolls were remounted. I could only separate the first five from the second because the first five usually face right and the second left. In terms of other content, there is both a bridge leading off to paradise and punishments being assigned in the first scroll, and Yama's ferocious face is distinctive in the fifth. The tenth scroll with its reincarnation paths is also easy to identify. This set had been temporarily broken up into a group of six and a group of four scrolls, but I managed to re-unite them. (Image: 61 X 111 cm.)