Japan: Image from the Kyoto Ghosts Scroll which describes the realm of the hungry ghosts and how to placate them. Late 12th century.

Second section of the Hungry Ghosts Scroll located at the Kyoto National Museum. This scroll depicts the world of the hungry ghosts, one of the six realms of Buddhism and contains tales of salvation of the hungry ghosts. This particular section explains how those who have been born as hungry ghosts are saved by the offerings of the living. The central scene of this section shows people pouring water on a funerary marker for the ullambana festival for the dead. The whole scroll has been designated a National Treasure of Japan in the category paintings. It was possibly part of a set of scrolls depicting the six realms which was kept at Sanjūsangen-dō.

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JAPANESE GHOSTS