Ten Kings of the Inferno in the Teachings of Buddha

Arts of Asia

c. 19th century

Tokusen (19th century copy)
Japanese, c. 1594

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Unknown artist
Title: Ten Kings of the Inferno in the Teachings of Buddha, Zen bussetsu juokyo, The Buddha's Discourse on the Ten Kings of Karma and the Awakening of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (Bussetsu Jizo bosatsu hosshin innen juokyo)
Place: Japan (Artist's nationality:)
Date: 1800-1900
Medium: woodblock-printed book; 1 vol.
Dimensions: 16 × 18 cm (6 5/16 × 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Reference Number: 2022.871
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Mrs. Louise Norton Brown, Japan, c. 1913 to at least 1915 [according to, “Preface” and “Chapter XII”, in Louise Norton Brown, Block Printing and Book-Illustration in Japan From the Earliest Period to the Twentieth Century; this and the following according to Frederick Gookin, “Preface,” in Kenji Toda, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese and Chinese Illustrated Books in the Ryerson Library at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1931), iv, and Accession Book: 1-62, 112, 1884?-1955, Ryerson Art Library, Art Institute of Chicago]; sold to Martin A. Ryerson (died 1932), Lake Geneva, WI, 1926; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1926-1932.

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