So my sister's visiting home during summer break from her teaching job in Japan (saying that July/August are great months to not stay there) and she brought me a small present - a Japanese wall scroll ...

35 1/4 x 15 3/4in (90 x 40cm) 33 1/2 x 11in (85 x 28cm) 37 1/4 x 14in (94.5 x 35.5cm) 37 3/4 x 19 1/2in (96 x 49.5cm) 41 3/4 x 11 3/4in (106 x 28.7cm) (7) ...

Detail of the “Hell for Priests Scroll’ (12-13th c.), showing a demon jailor leading sinners to the river of excrement (Collection of the Nara National Museum, all images courtesy PIE International) ...

48 x 13 cm. (18.9 x 5.1 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...