Description
Stories of divine intervention are a favorite subject for Japanese picture scrolls. Read from right to left, this one tells a story about the powerful Buddhist deity Wisdom King Fudō. In this tale, a selfless monk saves his master by transferring the master’s illness to himself. Fudō takes pity on the monk and performs a miracle to save him, an act that sends Fudō on a journey to the Buddhist hell.
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ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
August 10, 2026