Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Painting)

Title:

Takagi jizodo shihon chakushoku juo jigokuzu

Image of the Ten Kings of Hell from Takagi Jizodo Hall (Color on Paper)

高木地蔵堂紙本着色十王地獄図

No. of features:

One painting

Designated:

June 6, 1980

Location:

In the custody of the Saitama City Museum (opens to new page)

2-1-2 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

Jizodo Hall

Description:

This painting depicts the dead on their way to the netherworld, where they are judged according to their crimes in this life. Generally, the ten judging kings are each depicted on an individual scroll, however, depictions on single scrolls are also seen after the Kamakura period (1185-1333).

The painting at Takagi Jizodo Hall measures 129.5 cm in length and 181 cm in width. It depicts King Yama and the other ten kings in a single scroll. It is thought to have been created around the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), based on customs such as the white triangular bandana worn by the dead, the tiger skins worn by demons, and the hairstyle of a child balancing stones on the riverbank of Sai no Kawara (Children’s Limbo).

Associated Texts:

(1979). “Survey Report on Omiya City’s Cultural Properties” (vol. 3). Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

(1986). “Cultural Properties in Omiya” (vol. 2). Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

Please be courteous towards other visitors and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property. This property is public during designated periods, for more details please inquire with the facility in question.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/017/011/003/p000238.html