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Hell Scroll (地獄草紙 jigokuzōji) is a scroll depicting seven out of the sixteen lesser hells presented in Kisekyō (Sutra of the World Arising). Six of the paintings are accompanied by text which all begin with the phrase There is yet another hell following a description of what the sinners depicted did to end up in this particular hell.

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