Taizong's hell

S8: Tenth court -
The Wheel-turning King

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Single Scroll 8

Depicting the tenth court, S8 is particularly interesting in how it shows the six forms of rebirth as the dead are given the hats or pelts they will don in the life to come. The cartouches explain the sins or merits that justify the new attire. Among the animal rebirths, there are here depicted future cattle, horses, sheep, pigs, ducks, chickens, deer and tigers. Continuing the animal theme, the scroll in its upper righthand corner depicts the merit of releasing animals from the marketplace back into the wilds. (See A5 for other images of the same and a discussion.) (Image: 79 X 145 cm.)