woodblock printed book with illustrations by the monk Tokusen; blue cover with plaid title label; text pages along with blocky, grotesque images of demons torturing humans, in many various, creative ways; male figures with beards and scribes; bodhisattvas on clouds and in temple complex at end

Sutra on the Ten Kings of Hell, 18th century

Unknown Japaneseexpand_more

Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paperexpand_more

Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more  2015.79.641

Not on Viewexpand_more

First edition from 1594; his is a later edition. 23 page book with illustrations by the monk Tokusen.

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Title
Sutra on the Ten Kings of Hell
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.79.641
Catalogue Raisonne
Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 476
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woodblock printed book with illustrations by the monk Tokusen; blue cover with plaid title label; text pages along with blocky, grotesque images of demons torturing humans, in many various, creative ways; male figures with beards and scribes; bodhisattvas on clouds and in temple complex at end

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