The Tenth King of Hell
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In the Buddhist world, the Ten Kings of Hell serve as judges of the deceased to determine their fate, including the type and severity of punishment and the course of their cycle of rebirth. This painting depicts the Tenth King of Hell in the standard guise of a warrior, and originally formed part of a set of ten scrolls (six of which are now in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art). Seated prominently in the center, the king is surrounded by a retinue of attendants and significant figures of the underworld, including messengers, judges, and wardens. At the top right corner, tiny figures float on a rainbowlike stream (a symbol of the six paths of rebirth) emanating from a double-headed beastly figure (representing the Evil Spirit) at the lower right. The dead, receiving punishments for their transgressions, populate the lower half of the painting. The inscription written in Chinese characters at the top right\u2014\u7b2c\u5341\u4e94\u9053\u8f49\u8f2a\u5927\u738b\u9ed1\u6697\u5730\u7344\u620a\u5348\u7532 (Korean: \uc81c\uc2ed\uc624\ub3c4\uc804\ub95c\ub300\uc655\ud751\uc554\uc9c0\uc625\ubb34\uc624\uac11)\u2014may be translated as \u201cThe Tenth Great King of the Five Ways and the Right Law, in the darkest hell, painted in the cyclical year muo,\u201d a date that corresponds to 1798.Free picture The Tenth King of Hell integrated with the OffiDocs web apps
