국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

Highlights
Tenth of the Ten Kings of Hell
  • Dimensions

    156.1x113.0cm(Image, Framed painting)

  • Accession Number

    Deoksu 1868 - 10

This is a Buddhist painting of the tenth of the ten kings of hell. This painting depicts what happens to the deceased in hell upon the third anniversary of their death. The dead are reborn as an animal, devil, or human following their judgment in the other world. The painting was originally kept at Taegosa Temple on Mt. Bukhansan.