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Realm of Human Beings - Nine Impure Aspects, from the Six Realms of Birth, 10 hanging scroll paintings. Japan. 19th CE copies of 13th CE originals. The six realms of birth (rokudô), as interpreted by the Tendai sect monk Genshin (Eshin Sôzu, 942-1017) in his seminal Ojô yôshû (The Foundations of Rebirth, 985), are full of horrors that contrast with the bliss of the Buddha Amida's Western Paradise. Until released by enlightenment from the cycle of rebirth, sentient beings must constantly incarnate through these six realms of, respectively, hell, hungry ghosts, warrior demons, beasts, human beings and heavenly beings. Height: 1526 mm (each scroll). Width: 670 mm (each scroll).

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART340836

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 1799px × 3393px

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