{"product_id":"ojoyoshu-e-kai-illustrated-guide-to-the-essentials-of-rebirth-in-the-pure-land-circa-1900-a-trio-of-silk-paintings-depicting-the-realms-of-the-afterlife-with-30-panels","title":"Ojoyoshu e Kai (Illustrated Guide to the Essentials of Rebirth in the Pure Land), Circa 1900. A Trio of Silk Paintings Depicting the Realms of the Afterlife, with 30 Panels","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Roboto; color: #5f6368; background: white;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eOjoyoshu e Kai (Illustrated Guide to the Essentials of Rebirth in the Pure Land), Circa 1900. A Trio of Silk Paintings Depicting the Realms of the Afterlife, with 30 Panels\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eA Meiji Period, early 20th century trio of silk paintings, entitled Ojoyoshu e kai, or, an Illustrated Guide to the Essentials of Rebirth in the Pure Land, based after the Buddhist trilogy of texts written by the Japanese monk Genshin, who lived during the tail end of the Heian era. It was considered his most well received work, for the extremely brutal detailing of Hell and the afterlife and was published several times throughout the centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThis set of paintings adapts his work into a series of 30 silk panels, each depicting scenes from the realms of Hell, Paradise, and the Realm of Hungry Souls. Focus can be brought to the Hell Scroll, which depicts sinners being punished and tortured in various, violent fashion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eFirst written in 985, the Buddhist work compiles important passages on rebirth in paradise from numerous Buddhist scriptures and treatises from the perspective of Pure Land Buddhism, consisting of three volumes. It teaches that the only way to attain rebirth in paradise after death is to single-mindedly remember Buddha and chant the Nembutsu, thereby laying the foundation for Pure Land Buddhism. Furthermore, the concepts of hell and paradise, and the spirit of aversion to the impure world and desire for the pure land, which were taught in this work, became popular among both aristocrats and commoners, and had a profound influence on later literary thought. Many sections are devoted to the difficult practice of contemplating one's own body through meditation and using this as a medium to contemplate Amida Buddha as a physical body, known as Kanso-Nenbutsu. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThe paintings have been neatly mounted onto a brocade decorated \u003ci\u003ekakejiku\u003c\/i\u003e (hanging scroll), with \u003ci\u003ejikusaki\u003c\/i\u003e (knobs) made of lacquered wood. There is a wooden box to accompany them, preserving the scrolls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThree silk paintings mounted on \u003ci\u003ekakejiku\u003c\/i\u003e (hanging scrolls), 195 x 49 cm full size, 114.5 x 35 cm main painting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThis painting is in very good shape, with minor wear and slight splitting to some of the silk paintwork. Despite its age, the painting is surprisingly well preserved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"That Guy With The Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51624217542967,"sku":null,"price":4050.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/1589\/4371\/files\/20260105_161256.jpg?v=1769918091","url":"https:\/\/thatguywiththebooks.com\/products\/ojoyoshu-e-kai-illustrated-guide-to-the-essentials-of-rebirth-in-the-pure-land-circa-1900-a-trio-of-silk-paintings-depicting-the-realms-of-the-afterlife-with-30-panels","provider":"That Guy With The Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}