Rokudo-e

Japanese: 六道絵 - ろくどうえ

Also called "Rikudo-e." These paintings are based on the six paths of reincarnation of all living beings: hell, hungry ghosts, animals, asuras, humans, and heaven. They were mainly produced from the Heian period to the Kamakura period, when faith in the Amida Pure Land was popular, and various aspects of the six paths were depicted on temple walls, folding screens, hanging scrolls, picture scrolls, and inside pages of sutra scrolls. The idea of the six paths also gave rise to faith in the Six Kannon Bodhisattvas, Six Jizo Bodhisattvas, and King Enma, and statues depicting them were also created. Famous relics include "Jigoku Soshi" and "Gaki Soshi." Large works such as "Rokudo-e" (15 scrolls, national treasure) at Shojuraigoji Temple in Shiga Prefecture have also been preserved.

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Japanese:

「りくどうえ」ともいう。一切の衆生が輪廻 (りんね) するという地獄，餓鬼，畜生，阿修羅，人間，天の六道を主題とした絵。阿弥陀浄土の信仰が盛行した平安時代から鎌倉時代におもに制作され，寺院の壁面，屏風，掛物，絵巻物，経巻の見返し絵などに六道の諸相が描かれた。また六道の思想から六観音，六地蔵，閻魔大王などの信仰も生じ，それらを扱った絵像も作られた。遺品としては『地獄草紙』『餓鬼草紙』などが著名。滋賀，聖衆来迎寺蔵『六道絵』 (15幅，国宝) のような大作も伝存する。

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